diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9b8857d6e2..a33c1717f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ env:
   E2E_SETUP_KUBECTL: yes
   SUDO: sudo
   GO_VERSION: "^1.20"
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.53.3"
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.54.2"
 
 jobs:
   ci-go-lint:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2805eb0d3..38c8f9e5a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 PKG = github.com/prometheus/common
-PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.45.0
-GO_VERSION = 1.20.6
+PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.46.0
+GO_VERSION = 1.20.7
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/kube-state-metrics
 MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 USER ?= $(shell id -u -n)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 30db0c471d..3711921fb6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.27.4
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.4
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.4
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.4
+	k8s.io/api v0.27.5
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.5
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.27.5
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
-	k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.4
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230711102312-30195339c3c7
+	k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.5
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5e74ce254..d852989b43 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -606,22 +606,22 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.27.4 h1:0pCo/AN9hONazBKlNUdhQymmnfLRbSZjd5H5H3f0bSs=
-k8s.io/api v0.27.4/go.mod h1:O3smaaX15NfxjzILfiln1D8Z3+gEYpjEpiNA/1EVK1Y=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.4 h1:CdxflD4AF61yewuid0fLl6bM4a3q04jWel0IlP+aYjs=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.4/go.mod h1:XNfZ6xklnMCOGGFNqXG7bUrQCoR04dh/E7FprV6pb+E=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.27.4 h1:vj2YTtSJ6J4KxaC88P4pMPEQECWMY8gqPqsTgUKzvjk=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.27.4/go.mod h1:ragcly7lUlN0SRPk5/ZkGnDjPknzb37TICq07WhI6Xc=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.27.4 h1:Wqc0jMKEDGjKXdae8hBXeskRP//vu1m6ypC+gwErj4c=
-k8s.io/component-base v0.27.4/go.mod h1:hoiEETnLc0ioLv6WPeDt8vD34DDeB35MfQnxCARq3kY=
+k8s.io/api v0.27.5 h1:49hIzqJNSuOQpA53MMihgAS4YDcQitTy58B9PMFthLc=
+k8s.io/api v0.27.5/go.mod h1:zjBZB+c0KDU55Wxb9Bob9WZGxu9zdKHitzHxBtaIVoA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.5 h1:6Q5HBXYJJPisd6yDVAprLe6FQsmw7a7Cu69dcrpQET8=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.5/go.mod h1:XNfZ6xklnMCOGGFNqXG7bUrQCoR04dh/E7FprV6pb+E=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.27.5 h1:sH/fkqzk35kuf0GPx+dZuN7fhEswBSAVCrWFq3E1km0=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.27.5/go.mod h1:u+IKnqPZSPw51snIMKiIAV8LQQ+hya5bvxpOOPTUXPI=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.27.5 h1:IXo80yOVx7qXG2g1loPpo2g1HUK3CnxNpq9LtGmXAmM=
+k8s.io/component-base v0.27.5/go.mod h1:AGJyFHmaxplY4C4lu18UrJBNHcxdv0o6jOL/+HcC0S0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 h1:7WCHKK6K8fNhTqfBhISHQ97KrnJNFZMcQvKp7gP/tmg=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f h1:2kWPakN3i/k81b0gvD5C5FJ2kxm1WrQFanWchyKuqGg=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f/go.mod h1:byini6yhqGC14c3ebc/QwanvYwhuMWF6yz2F8uwW8eg=
-k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.4 h1:oeKVVOWw+fVaZVWCw3l9myrAoNUqR8A4BcA91fyyZaU=
-k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.4/go.mod h1:bfGT2cEyzWjfCqVSrWPbNsym9MkgKz7Z7Bwl0tjysOo=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230711102312-30195339c3c7 h1:ZgnF1KZsYxWIifwSNZFZgNtWE89WI5yiP5WwlfDoIyc=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230711102312-30195339c3c7/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.5 h1:N3mMPdEFJ8gdn7HMCIecnTU7h6YVfVJjSDt72nxAocc=
+k8s.io/sample-controller v0.27.5/go.mod h1:KtTxV9H5DpvbU5WpM2o/Cpv/fuZykJhqBqCJdNfFRpg=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/internal/store/cronjob.go b/internal/store/cronjob.go
index 5c1465381c..1450f70c4c 100644
--- a/internal/store/cronjob.go
+++ b/internal/store/cronjob.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	descCronJobAnnotationsName     = "kube_cronjob_annotations"
+	descCronJobAnnotationsName     = "kube_cronjob_annotations" //nolint:gosec
 	descCronJobAnnotationsHelp     = "Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels."
 	descCronJobLabelsName          = "kube_cronjob_labels"
 	descCronJobLabelsHelp          = "Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels."
diff --git a/internal/store/ingress.go b/internal/store/ingress.go
index 1d27f72a25..be98e25aa1 100644
--- a/internal/store/ingress.go
+++ b/internal/store/ingress.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	descIngressAnnotationsName     = "kube_ingress_annotations"
+	descIngressAnnotationsName     = "kube_ingress_annotations" //nolint:gosec
 	descIngressAnnotationsHelp     = "Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels."
 	descIngressLabelsName          = "kube_ingress_labels"
 	descIngressLabelsHelp          = "Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels."
diff --git a/internal/store/ingressclass.go b/internal/store/ingressclass.go
index 0aaa8e13e2..ec7a0f7d71 100644
--- a/internal/store/ingressclass.go
+++ b/internal/store/ingressclass.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	descIngressClassAnnotationsName     = "kube_ingressclass_annotations"
 	descIngressClassAnnotationsHelp     = "Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels."
-	descIngressClassLabelsName          = "kube_ingressclass_labels"
+	descIngressClassLabelsName          = "kube_ingressclass_labels" //nolint:gosec
 	descIngressClassLabelsHelp          = "Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels."
 	descIngressClassLabelsDefaultLabels = []string{"ingressclass"}
 )
diff --git a/internal/store/persistentvolume_test.go b/internal/store/persistentvolume_test.go
index b4e0e15f74..4ff4750d72 100644
--- a/internal/store/persistentvolume_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/persistentvolume_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	generator "k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric_generator"
 )
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func TestPersistentVolumeStore(t *testing.T) {
 				Spec: v1.PersistentVolumeSpec{
 					PersistentVolumeSource: v1.PersistentVolumeSource{
 						Local: &v1.LocalVolumeSource{
-							FSType: pointer.String("ext4"),
+							FSType: ptr.To("ext4"),
 							Path:   "/mnt/data",
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go b/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go
index 1223a5b6af..d6d9df3b32 100644
--- a/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/serviceaccount_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	generator "k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric_generator"
 )
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestServiceAccountStore(t *testing.T) {
 					Namespace:         "serviceAccountNS",
 					UID:               "serviceAccountUID",
 				},
-				AutomountServiceAccountToken: pointer.Bool(true),
+				AutomountServiceAccountToken: ptr.To(true),
 				Secrets: []v1.ObjectReference{
 					{
 						APIVersion: "v1",
diff --git a/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go b/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
index e62e333c1c..928f668ddd 100644
--- a/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestNewCustomResourceMetrics(t *testing.T) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func TestNewCustomResourceMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				MetricNamePrefix: pointer.String("apps_deployment"),
+				MetricNamePrefix: ptr.To("apps_deployment"),
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 			wantResult: &customResourceMetrics{
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func TestNewCustomResourceMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				MetricNamePrefix: pointer.String("apps_deployment"),
+				MetricNamePrefix: ptr.To("apps_deployment"),
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 			wantResult: &customResourceMetrics{
diff --git a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
index 3d53c696fd..a0432ec0bd 100644
--- a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 
 	"k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/pkg/metric"
 )
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func Test_fullName(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "no prefix",
 			args: args{
-				resource: r(pointer.String("")),
+				resource: r(ptr.To("")),
 				f:        count,
 			},
 			want: "count",
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func Test_fullName(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "custom",
 			args: args{
-				resource: r(pointer.String("bar_baz")),
+				resource: r(ptr.To("bar_baz")),
 				f:        count,
 			},
 			want: "bar_baz_count",
diff --git a/pkg/options/types_test.go b/pkg/options/types_test.go
index 3ccaf4c0e4..a1b43a2c0b 100644
--- a/pkg/options/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/options/types_test.go
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ func TestNamespaceList_GetNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		ns := &test.Namespaces
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		ns := &tests[i].Namespaces
 		allowedNamespaces := ns.GetNamespaces()
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(allowedNamespaces, test.Wanted) {
 			t.Errorf("Test error for Desc: %s. Want: %+v. Got: %+v.", test.Desc, test.Wanted, allowedNamespaces)
diff --git a/tests/e2e.sh b/tests/e2e.sh
index 074b94825e..a033d56563 100755
--- a/tests/e2e.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ KUBE_STATE_METRICS_CURRENT_IMAGE_NAME="registry.k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-s
 KUBE_STATE_METRICS_IMAGE_NAME="registry.k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics-${ARCH}"
 E2E_SETUP_KIND=${E2E_SETUP_KIND:-}
 E2E_SETUP_KUBECTL=${E2E_SETUP_KUBECTL:-}
-KIND_VERSION=v0.19.0
+KIND_VERSION=v0.20.0
 SUDO=${SUDO:-}
 
 OS=$(uname -s | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 475d136c78..fc3d5df0ac 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/campoy/embedmd v1.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-jsonnet v0.20.0
 	github.com/jsonnet-bundler/jsonnet-bundler v0.5.1
-	golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230427221525-d343f6398b76
+	golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230822165715-3c60af34b3f4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 670ee4fc44..81c074d1a7 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73r
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20170207211851-4464e7848382/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
-golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230427221525-d343f6398b76 h1:cPGZx8Liyx5Pq/yX80/6WMKe2yidT0xvVCQBOGa8WHU=
-golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230427221525-d343f6398b76/go.mod h1:UBKtEnL8aqnd+0JHqZ+2qoMDwtuy6cYhhKNoHLBiTQc=
+golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230822165715-3c60af34b3f4 h1:ua24l69kDXo72PNOVfgBXbbwGyV322MjcIBBV5ExoYA=
+golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20230822165715-3c60af34b3f4/go.mod h1:UBKtEnL8aqnd+0JHqZ+2qoMDwtuy6cYhhKNoHLBiTQc=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190312061237-fead79001313/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=