diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 6c8e3e21..7642c448 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -58,16 +58,19 @@ endif
 PROMU_VERSION ?= 0.13.0
 PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_VERSION)/promu-$(PROMU_VERSION).$(GO_BUILD_PLATFORM).tar.gz
 
+SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.45.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.49.0
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),$(filter $(GOHOSTOS),linux darwin))
 	ifeq ($(GOHOSTARCH),$(filter $(GOHOSTARCH),amd64 i386))
 		# If we're in CI and there is an Actions file, that means the linter
 		# is being run in Actions, so we don't need to run it here.
-		ifeq (,$(CIRCLE_JOB))
+		ifneq (,$(SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT))
+			GOLANGCI_LINT :=
+		else ifeq (,$(CIRCLE_JOB))
 			GOLANGCI_LINT := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint
 		else ifeq (,$(wildcard .github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml))
 			GOLANGCI_LINT := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint
diff --git a/notify/slack/slack_test.go b/notify/slack/slack_test.go
index c61ffdb2..9a4f16cf 100644
--- a/notify/slack/slack_test.go
+++ b/notify/slack/slack_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package slack
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ func TestTrimmingSlackURLFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, u, fn := test.GetContextWithCancelingURL()
 	defer fn()
 
-	f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "slack_test_newline")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "slack_test_newline")
 	require.NoError(t, err, "creating temp file failed")
 	_, err = f.WriteString(u.String() + "\n\n")
 	require.NoError(t, err, "writing to temp file failed")
diff --git a/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go b/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
index bd89a2b7..21d1b7f0 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/matcher_test.go
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ line`,
 			want: `foo="new\nline"`,
 		},
 		{
-			name: `foo`,
-			op:   MatchEqual,
+			name:  `foo`,
+			op:    MatchEqual,
 			value: `tab	stop`,
-			want: `foo="tab	stop"`,
+			want:  `foo="tab	stop"`,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/labels/parse.go b/pkg/labels/parse.go
index 06a414e7..a125d59d 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/parse.go
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ var (
 // this comma and whitespace will be trimmed.
 //
 // Examples for valid input strings:
-//   {foo = "bar", dings != "bums", }
-//   foo=bar,dings!=bums
-//   foo=bar, dings!=bums
-//   {quote="She said: \"Hi, ladies! That's gender-neutral…\""}
-//   statuscode=~"5.."
+//
+//	{foo = "bar", dings != "bums", }
+//	foo=bar,dings!=bums
+//	foo=bar, dings!=bums
+//	{quote="She said: \"Hi, ladies! That's gender-neutral…\""}
+//	statuscode=~"5.."
 //
 // See ParseMatcher for details on how an individual Matcher is parsed.
 func ParseMatchers(s string) ([]*Matcher, error) {