diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f0bb6f31fd..4476a96d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
       with:
         # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-        version: v1.51.0
+        version: v1.55.2
 
   test-coverage:
     name: test-coverage
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90e7ef4685..df5f6c91d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT = $(BIN_DIR)/golangci-lint
 # golangci-lint version should be updated periodically
 # we keep it fixed to avoid it from unexpectedly failing on the project
 # in case of a version bump
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VER = v1.51.0
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VER = v1.55.2
 
 
 .PHONY: all build clean gendeepcopy test test-e2e test-e2e-k8s run image fmt sync-manifests test-e2e-conformance manifests update-codegen