diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2ede4e30f0f5..dd641cd40168 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.107
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.23.6
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.26.0
 # Limit number of default jobs, to avoid the CI builds running out of memory
 GOLINT_JOBS ?= 4
 # see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#memory-usage-of-golangci-lint