diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index f6deacaa2710..f5c075ed4347 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ run:
   # If invoked with -mod=vendor, the go command assumes that the vendor
   # directory holds the correct copies of dependencies and ignores
   # the dependency descriptions in go.mod.
-  modules-download-mode: readonly|release|vendor
+  modules-download-mode: readonly|vendor|mod
 
   # Allow multiple parallel golangci-lint instances running.
   # If false (default) - golangci-lint acquires file lock on start.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 233d82eae79e..330a4342fd77 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.6.3
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201009025420-dfb3f7c4e634 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210101214203-2dba1e4ea05c
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210105210202-9ed45478a130
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.6
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.0.0-20201129102820-5c11c50e9475
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4c448b5dc58a..90d8545db5bc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201121010211-780cb80bd7fb h1:z5+u0pkAUPUWd3taoTialQ2
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201121010211-780cb80bd7fb/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201230224404-63754364767c h1:xx3+TTG3yS1I6Ola5Kapxr5vZu85vKkcwKyV6ke9fHA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20201230224404-63754364767c/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210101214203-2dba1e4ea05c h1:dS09fXwOFF9cXBnIzZexIuUBj95U1NyQjkEhkgidDow=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210101214203-2dba1e4ea05c/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210105210202-9ed45478a130 h1:8qSBr5nyKsEgkP918Pu5FFDZpTtLIjXSo6mrtdVOFfk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210105210202-9ed45478a130/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/pkg/lint/load.go b/pkg/lint/load.go
index 3525396bc56b..69852afb9878 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/load.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/load.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (cl *ContextLoader) makeBuildFlags() ([]string, error) {
 	mod := cl.cfg.Run.ModulesDownloadMode
 	if mod != "" {
 		// go help modules
-		allowedMods := []string{"release", "readonly", "vendor"}
+		allowedMods := []string{"mod", "readonly", "vendor"}
 		var ok bool
 		for _, am := range allowedMods {
 			if am == mod {