diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 06f476e1c..e95798969 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ executors:
     environment:
       KUBEBUILDER_VERSION: 3.1.0
       KUBEBUILDER_ARCH: amd64
-      GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: 1.25.1
+      GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: 1.43.0
       HELM_VERSION: 3.5.4
   python:
     <<: *working_directory
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 4b481446b..f9335f4c9 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ linters:
     - godox
     - gofmt
     - goimports
-    - golint
     - goprintffuncname
     - gosec
-    - interfacer
-    - maligned
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - prealloc
+    - revive
     - rowserrcheck
     - stylecheck
     - unconvert
@@ -47,9 +45,14 @@ issues:
     # gosec
     - Subprocess launch(ed with variable|ing should be audited)
     - Expect file permissions to be 0600 or less
-    - Blacklisted import `crypto/md5`
-    - Use of weak cryptographic primitive
+    - Blocklisted import `crypto/md5`
+    - weak cryptographic primitive
+    - weak random number generator
+    - memory aliasing in for loop
+    - file inclusion via variable
     # stylecheck
     - at least one file in a package should have a package comment
     # golint
     - (comment on exported (method|function|type|const)|should have( a package)? comment|comment should be of the form)
+    # revive
+    - and that stutters
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a6ce90b4..2972658b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ vet:
 
 # Run golangci-lint against code
 lint:
-	golangci-lint run --timeout 2m0s
+	golangci-lint run --timeout 3m0s
 
 # Generate code
 generate: controller-gen
diff --git a/cli/chaosli/cmd/root.go b/cli/chaosli/cmd/root.go
index 4a6730c09..c8b026f1b 100644
--- a/cli/chaosli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cli/chaosli/cmd/root.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version will be set with the -ldflags option at compile time
-var Version string = "v0"
-var APILibPath string = fmt.Sprintf("chaosli-api-lib/v1beta1/%v", Version)
+var Version = "v0"
+var APILibPath = fmt.Sprintf("chaosli-api-lib/v1beta1/%v", Version)
 var cfgFile string
 
 // rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
diff --git a/cli/injector/main.go b/cli/injector/main.go
index c38d94565..90a8c0eb4 100644
--- a/cli/injector/main.go
+++ b/cli/injector/main.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// execute command
 	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		os.Exit(1)
+		os.Exit(1) //nolint:gocritic
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/ddmark/validation.go b/ddmark/validation.go
index 5d1812d2a..3a42a4ff4 100644
--- a/ddmark/validation.go
+++ b/ddmark/validation.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 // AllDefinitions contains all marker definitions for this package.
 var AllDefinitions []*k8smarkers.Definition
-var rulePrefix string = "ddmark:validation:"
+var rulePrefix = "ddmark:validation:"
 
 func init() {
 	addDefinition(Maximum(0), k8smarkers.DescribesField)
diff --git a/network/dns.go b/network/dns.go
index ba71900ed..4e9f12fe1 100644
--- a/network/dns.go
+++ b/network/dns.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (c dnsClient) Resolve(host string) ([]net.IP, error) {
 
 	// compute possible names to resolve
 	names := append([]string{}, podDNSConfig.NameList(host)...)
-	names = append([]string{}, nodeDNSConfig.NameList(host)...)
+	names = append(names, nodeDNSConfig.NameList(host)...)
 
 	// do the request on the first configured dns resolver
 	dnsClient := dns.Client{}
diff --git a/network/tc.go b/network/tc.go
index 7b5d2620c..fe921c06e 100644
--- a/network/tc.go
+++ b/network/tc.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func buildCmd(module string, iface string, parent string, handle uint32, kind st
 
 	// parent
 	if parent == "root" {
-		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" root")
+		cmd += " root"
 	} else {
 		cmd += fmt.Sprintf(" parent %s", parent)
 	}