diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 76abdbd2b8..33bf0c5bf6 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ linters:
     - nakedret
     - gosmopolitan # usage of time.Local in pkg/k8s.io
     - tagliatelle # too many JSON keys cannot be changed due to compat
-    - nosnakecase # too many false positives due to the `unix` package
     - dupword # too many false positives (e.g., in tests)
     - gocognit
     - testpackage
     - err113
-    - exhaustivestruct
     - errorlint
     - wrapcheck
     - paralleltest
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ linters:
     - nestif
     - predeclared
     - thelper
-    - ifshort
     - forbidigo
     - exhaustive
     - gofumpt
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ linters:
     - gocyclo
     - lll
     - gosec
-    - maligned
     - musttag # way to many warnings to fix for now, also some false positives
     - mnd # way to many false positives
     - gomoddirectives
@@ -65,12 +61,6 @@ linters:
     - nonamedreturns
     - exhaustruct
     # deprecated linters
-    - golint # replaced by revive
-    - scopelint # replaced by exportloopref
-    - interfacer
-    - deadcode    # deprecated since v1.49.0, replaced by unused
-    - structcheck # deprecated since v1.49.0, replaced by unused
-    - varcheck    # deprecated since v1.49.0, replaced by unused
     - execinquery
 linters-settings:
   errcheck:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 44ead54ebb..82bd446270 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ BUILDTAGS += ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGS}
 # N/B: This value is managed by Renovate, manual changes are
 # possible, as long as they don't disturb the formatting
 # (i.e. DO NOT ADD A 'v' prefix!)
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 1.58.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 1.59.0
 PYTHON ?= $(shell command -v python3 python|head -n1)
 PKG_MANAGER ?= $(shell command -v dnf yum|head -n1)
 # ~/.local/bin is not in PATH on all systems
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 88f20d640c..602d120549 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ func ParseRegistryCreds(creds string) (*types.DockerAuthConfig, error) {
 	username, password := parseCreds(creds)
 	if username == "" {
 		fmt.Print("Username: ")
-		fmt.Scanln(&username)
+		_, err := fmt.Scanln(&username)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read username: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 	if password == "" {
 		fmt.Print("Password: ")