diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index e464d9c98..5ac70cf62 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,40 @@
+version: "2"
+
 run:
+  modules-download-mode: vendor
   tests: false
-  timeout: 10m
-linters: 
-  disable-all: true
+
+formatters:
   enable:
-    - misspell
     - gofmt
     - goimports
+
+linters:
+  default: none
+  enable:
+    - govet
     - ineffassign
+    - misspell
     - revive
     - unconvert
     - unused
-    - govet
+  exclusions:
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
+    rules:
+      - linters:
+          - revive
+        text: "(unused-parameter|redefines-builtin-id):"
+    # Log a warning if an exclusion rule is unused.
+    # Default: false
+    warn-unused: true
+
+issues:
+  # Maximum issues count per one linter. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 50.
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
 
+  # Maximum count of issues with the same text. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 3.
+  max-same-issues: 0
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cee69366d..1f39e6f7f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.9
 ARG PROTOC_VERSION=3.11.4
-ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.50.1
+ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v2.1.6
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_VERSION}-bullseye AS gobase
diff --git a/direct.mk b/direct.mk
index b21b85246..4e0392f12 100644
--- a/direct.mk
+++ b/direct.mk
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ version/version.go:
 .PHONY: setup
 setup: ## install dependencies
 	@echo "🐳 $@"
-	# install golangci-lint version v1.50.1 to ./bin/golangci-lint
-	@curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v1.50.1/install.sh | sh -s v1.50.1
+	# install golangci-lint version v2.1.6 to ./bin/golangci-lint
+	@curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/HEAD/install.sh | sh -s v2.1.6
 	@(cd tools ; GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/containerd/protobuild)
 
 .PHONY: generate