diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index d98d1c409f..3f04f1af10 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ linters:
     # All these break for one reason or another
     - 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
     - goerr113
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d9a14145a..4d74b517d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ install.tools: .install.golangci-lint .install.swagger ## Install needed tools
 
 .PHONY: .install.golangci-lint
 .install.golangci-lint:
-	VERSION=1.49.0 ./hack/install_golangci.sh
+	VERSION=1.50.1 ./hack/install_golangci.sh
 
 .PHONY: .install.swagger
 .install.swagger:
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
index f66d4d4d34..a175f9c29f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	report, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerRun(registry.GetContext(), runOpts)
-	// report.ExitCode is set by ContainerRun even it it returns an error
+	// report.ExitCode is set by ContainerRun even it returns an error
 	if report != nil {
 		registry.SetExitCode(report.ExitCode)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/registry/config.go b/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
index b9d7b54ca1..3e5920c098 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/registry/config.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 
 	// ABIMode used in cobra.Annotations registry.EngineMode when command only supports ABIMode
 	ABIMode = entities.ABIMode.String()
-	// TunnelMode used in in cobra.Annotations registry.EngineMode when command only supports TunnelMode
+	// TunnelMode used in cobra.Annotations registry.EngineMode when command only supports TunnelMode
 	TunnelMode = entities.TunnelMode.String()
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/quadlet/main.go b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
index 1e17ace588..7adeeb1500 100644
--- a/cmd/quadlet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func isUnambiguousName(imageName string) bool {
 	// What is before the first slash can be a domain or a path
 	domain := imageName[:firstSlash]
 
-	// If its a a domain (has dot or port or is "localhost") it is considered fq
+	// If its a domain (has dot or port or is "localhost") it is considered fq
 	if strings.ContainsAny(domain, ".:") || domain == "localhost" {
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/boltdb_state.go b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
index 77c2348925..388f659177 100644
--- a/libpod/boltdb_state.go
+++ b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
@@ -3451,7 +3451,7 @@ func (s *BoltState) RemoveContainerFromPod(pod *Pod, ctr *Container) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("pod %s is in namespace %q but we are in namespace %q: %w", pod.ID(), pod.config.Namespace, s.namespace, define.ErrNSMismatch)
 		}
 		if s.namespace != ctr.config.Namespace {
-			return fmt.Errorf("container %s in in namespace %q but we are in namespace %q: %w", ctr.ID(), ctr.config.Namespace, s.namespace, define.ErrNSMismatch)
+			return fmt.Errorf("container %s in namespace %q but we are in namespace %q: %w", ctr.ID(), ctr.config.Namespace, s.namespace, define.ErrNSMismatch)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index 5aae2c75e1..987843d073 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ func (c *Container) Secrets() []*ContainerSecret {
 // values at runtime via network connect and disconnect.
 // If the container is configured to use CNI and this function returns an empty
 // array, the container will still be connected to the default network.
-// The second return parameter, a bool, indicates that the container container
+// The second return parameter, a bool, indicates that the container
 // is joining the default CNI network - the network name will be included in the
 // returned array of network names, but the container did not explicitly join
 // this network.
diff --git a/libpod/define/annotations.go b/libpod/define/annotations.go
index 580286d6ae..50bc52571a 100644
--- a/libpod/define/annotations.go
+++ b/libpod/define/annotations.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const (
 	// InspectResponseFalse) it will be used in the output of Inspect().
 	InspectAnnotationAutoremove = "io.podman.annotations.autoremove"
 	// InspectAnnotationVolumesFrom is used by Inspect to identify
-	// containers whose volumes are are being used by this container.
+	// containers whose volumes are being used by this container.
 	// It is expected to be a comma-separated list of container names and/or
 	// IDs.
 	// If an annotation with this key is found in the OCI spec, it will be
diff --git a/libpod/define/containerstate.go b/libpod/define/containerstate.go
index 00080ef37c..56890339e8 100644
--- a/libpod/define/containerstate.go
+++ b/libpod/define/containerstate.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 	ContainerStateStopped ContainerStatus = iota
 	// ContainerStatePaused indicates that the container has been paused
 	ContainerStatePaused ContainerStatus = iota
-	// ContainerStateExited indicates the the container has stopped and been
+	// ContainerStateExited indicates the container has stopped and been
 	// cleaned up
 	ContainerStateExited ContainerStatus = iota
 	// ContainerStateRemoving indicates the container is in the process of
diff --git a/libpod/logs/reversereader/reversereader.go b/libpod/logs/reversereader/reversereader.go
index f2e71fb617..d5d7ac176b 100644
--- a/libpod/logs/reversereader/reversereader.go
+++ b/libpod/logs/reversereader/reversereader.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type ReverseReader struct {
 
 // NewReverseReader returns a reader that reads from the end of a file
 // rather than the beginning.  It sets the readsize to pagesize and determines
-// the first offset using using modulus.
+// the first offset using modulus.
 func NewReverseReader(reader *os.File) (*ReverseReader, error) {
 	// pagesize should be safe for memory use and file reads should be on page
 	// boundaries as well
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 46dadb7331..153ebd9433 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func WithHooksDir(hooksDirs ...string) RuntimeOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithCDI sets the devices to check for for CDI configuration.
+// WithCDI sets the devices to check for CDI configuration.
 func WithCDI(devices []string) CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
 		if ctr.valid {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func WithCDI(devices []string) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithStorageOpts sets the devices to check for for CDI configuration.
+// WithStorageOpts sets the devices to check for CDI configuration.
 func WithStorageOpts(storageOpts map[string]string) CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
 		if ctr.valid {
diff --git a/libpod/pod_internal.go b/libpod/pod_internal.go
index 743280f49f..48d83393d4 100644
--- a/libpod/pod_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/pod_internal.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (p *Pod) save() error {
 // This cannot lock any other pod, but may lock individual containers, as those
 // will have refreshed by the time pod refresh runs.
 func (p *Pod) refresh() error {
-	// Need to to an update from the DB to pull potentially-missing state
+	// Need to do an update from the DB to pull potentially-missing state
 	if err := p.runtime.state.UpdatePod(p); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/pods/pods.go b/pkg/bindings/pods/pods.go
index 6b454635c8..47befb0935 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/pods/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/pods/pods.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func Restart(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options *RestartOptions) (*en
 	return &report, response.ProcessWithError(&report, &errorhandling.PodConflictErrorModel{})
 }
 
-// Remove deletes a Pod from from local storage. The optional force parameter denotes
+// Remove deletes a Pod from local storage. The optional force parameter denotes
 // that the Pod can be removed even if in a running state.
 func Remove(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options *RemoveOptions) (*entities.PodRmReport, error) {
 	var report entities.PodRmReport
diff --git a/pkg/channel/writer.go b/pkg/channel/writer.go
index f174860750..b00afbcc5e 100644
--- a/pkg/channel/writer.go
+++ b/pkg/channel/writer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-// WriteCloser is an io.WriteCloser that that proxies Write() calls to a channel
+// WriteCloser is an io.WriteCloser that proxies Write() calls to a channel
 // The []byte buffer of the Write() is queued on the channel as one message.
 type WriteCloser interface {
 	io.WriteCloser
diff --git a/pkg/lookup/lookup.go b/pkg/lookup/lookup.go
index b8ac3046ee..8413f5b6eb 100644
--- a/pkg/lookup/lookup.go
+++ b/pkg/lookup/lookup.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type Overrides struct {
 	ContainerEtcGroupPath  string
 }
 
-// GetUserGroupInfo takes string forms of the the container's mount path and the container user and
+// GetUserGroupInfo takes string forms of the container's mount path and the container user and
 // returns a ExecUser with uid, gid, sgids, and home.  And override can be provided for defaults.
 func GetUserGroupInfo(containerMount, containerUser string, override *Overrides) (*user.ExecUser, error) {
 	var (
diff --git a/pkg/rootless/rootless.go b/pkg/rootless/rootless.go
index 5dc5a535e2..6b9b30f35a 100644
--- a/pkg/rootless/rootless.go
+++ b/pkg/rootless/rootless.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func GetAvailableGids() (int64, error) {
 	return countAvailableIDs(gids), nil
 }
 
-// findIDInMappings find the the mapping that contains the specified ID.
+// findIDInMappings find the mapping that contains the specified ID.
 // It assumes availableMappings is sorted by ID.
 func findIDInMappings(id int64, availableMappings []user.IDMap) *user.IDMap {
 	i := sort.Search(len(availableMappings), func(i int) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/ports_test.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/ports_test.go
index 40ac3a2905..eb84fbc649 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/ports_test.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/ports_test.go
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ func TestParsePortMappingWithoutHostPort(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "error is not nil")
 
 			// because we always get random host ports when it is set to 0 we cannot check that exactly
-			// check if it is not 0 and set to to 0 afterwards
+			// check if it is not 0 and set to 0 afterwards
 			for i := range got {
 				assert.Greater(t, got[i].HostPort, uint16(0), "host port is zero")
 				got[i].HostPort = 0
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
index 13373db48c..78bcb8619c 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ const (
 	// Default indicates the spec generator should determine
 	// a sane default
 	Default NamespaceMode = "default"
-	// Host means the the namespace is derived from
-	// the host
+	// Host means the namespace is derived from the host
 	Host NamespaceMode = "host"
 	// Path is the path to a namespace
 	Path NamespaceMode = "path"
diff --git a/test/e2e/images_test.go b/test/e2e/images_test.go
index c502fb9c04..fe78bd603d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/images_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/images_test.go
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ RUN > file2
 `
 		podmanTest.BuildImageWithLabel(dockerfile, "foobar.com/workdir:latest", "false", "abc")
 		podmanTest.BuildImageWithLabel(dockerfile2, "foobar.com/workdir:latest", "false", "xyz")
-		// --force used to to avoid y/n question
+		// --force used to avoid y/n question
 		result := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"image", "prune", "--filter", "label=abc", "--force"})
 		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(result).Should(Exit(0))