diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c64ba6e7a..64a494b44 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 linters:
   enable:
-    - structcheck
-    - varcheck
     - staticcheck
     - unconvert
     - gofmt
@@ -14,6 +12,14 @@ linters:
   disable:
     - errcheck
 
+linters-settings:
+  revive:
+    rules:
+      # TODO(thaJeztah): temporarily disabled the "unused-parameter" check.
+      # It produces many warnings, and some of those may need to be looked at.
+      - name: unused-parameter
+        disabled: true
+
 run:
   deadline: 2m
   skip-dirs:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
index 113db75a0..da5e51b67 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.18
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.16
-ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.45
+ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.52
 
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint:${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}-alpine AS golangci-lint