diff --git a/tools/golangci-lint.sh b/tools/golangci-lint.sh
index f28a089815..e14c8aa767 100755
--- a/tools/golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/tools/golangci-lint.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ BUILD_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT}/build"
 BUILD_BIN="${BUILD_ROOT}/bin"
 
 NAME=golangci-lint
-RELEASE=v1.47.3
-RELEASE_BINARY="${BUILD_BIN}/${NAME}"
+RELEASE=v1.50.1
+OSX_RELEASE_256=0f615fb8c364f6e4a213f2ed2ff7aa1fc2b208addf29511e89c03534067bbf57
+LINUX_RELEASE_256=4ba1dc9dbdf05b7bdc6f0e04bdfe6f63aa70576f51817be1b2540bbce017b69a
+
+ARCH=amd64
+
+RELEASE_BINARY="${BUILD_BIN}/${NAME}-${RELEASE}"
 
 main() {
   cd "${REPO_ROOT}/backend"
@@ -21,7 +26,31 @@ ensure_binary() {
     echo "info: Downloading ${NAME} ${RELEASE} to build environment"
 
     mkdir -p "${BUILD_BIN}"
-    env GOBIN="${BUILD_BIN}" go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@"${RELEASE}"
+
+    case "${OSTYPE}" in
+      "darwin"*) os_type="darwin"; sum="${OSX_RELEASE_256}" ;;
+      "linux"*) os_type="linux"; sum="${LINUX_RELEASE_256}" ;;
+      *) echo "error: Unsupported OS '${OSTYPE}' for shellcheck install, please install manually" && exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+
+    release_archive="/tmp/${NAME}-${RELEASE}.tar.gz"
+
+    URL="https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/${RELEASE}/golangci-lint-${RELEASE:1}-${os_type}-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+    curl -sSL -o "${release_archive}" "${URL}"
+    echo ${sum} ${release_archive} | sha256sum --check --quiet -
+
+    release_tmp_dir="/tmp/${NAME}-${RELEASE}"
+    mkdir -p "${release_tmp_dir}"
+    tar -xzf "${release_archive}" --strip=1 -C "${release_tmp_dir}"
+
+    if [[ ! -f "${RELEASE_BINARY}" ]]; then
+      find "${BUILD_BIN}" -maxdepth 0 -regex '.*/'${NAME}'-[A-Za-z0-9\.]+$' -exec rm {} \;  # cleanup older versions
+      mv "${release_tmp_dir}/${NAME}" "${RELEASE_BINARY}"
+    fi
+
+    # Cleanup stale resources.
+    rm "${release_archive}"
+    rm -rf "${release_tmp_dir}"
   fi
 }