diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f305704827..ed8a49aff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ env:
   E2E_SETUP_KIND: yes
   E2E_SETUP_KUBECTL: yes
   SUDO: sudo
-  GO_VERSION: "^1.22"
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.56.2"
+  GO_VERSION: "^1.23"
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.61.0"
 
 jobs:
   ci-go-lint:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 15d5dd160a..d6df958fcd 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 run:
-  deadline: 10m
+  timeout: 10m
 
 linters:
   disable-all: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 467b73e6b0..5a2d9889fb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 PKG = github.com/prometheus/common
-PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.53.1
-GO_VERSION = 1.22.5
+PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.54.1
+GO_VERSION = 1.23.1
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/kube-state-metrics
 MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 USER ?= $(shell id -u -n)
 HOST ?= $(shell hostname)
-MARKDOWNLINT_CLI2_VERSION = 0.13.0
+MARKDOWNLINT_CLI2_VERSION = 0.14.0
 
 
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9bec07170b..1d5917990b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2
 
-go 1.22.0
-
-toolchain go1.22.5
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1
diff --git a/pkg/app/server_test.go b/pkg/app/server_test.go
index f7d33bac85..9f6c0be970 100644
--- a/pkg/app/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/server_test.go
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ func pod(client *fake.Clientset, index int) error {
 
 func foo(client *samplefake.Clientset, index int) error {
 	i := strconv.Itoa(index)
-	desiredReplicas := int32(index)
+	desiredReplicas := int32(index) //nolint:gosec
 
 	foo := samplev1alpha1.Foo{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go b/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
index 31121de75c..fa31029922 100644
--- a/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/customresourcestate/custom_resource_metrics_test.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestNewCustomResourceMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			v, err := NewCustomResourceMetrics(tt.r)
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf(err.Error())
+				t.Error(err.Error())
 			}
 
 			// convert to JSON for easier nil comparison
diff --git a/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go b/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
index e944033c12..9d02dd0b95 100644
--- a/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/metricshandler/metrics_handler.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func detectNominalFromPod(statefulSetName, podName string) (int32, error) {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to detect shard index for Pod %s of StatefulSet %s, parsed %s: %w", podName, statefulSetName, nominalString, err)
 	}
 
-	return int32(nominal), nil
+	return int32(nominal), nil //nolint:gosec
 }
 
 func detectStatefulSet(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, podName, namespaceName string) (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 8f25270889..302640a667 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/tools
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/brancz/gojsontoyaml v0.1.0