diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index f5ab856eb0..4c617d20d0 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -5,39 +5,69 @@ run:
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
+    - asasalint
+    - bidichk
+    - containedctx
+    - decorder
     - dupl
+    - dupword
     - durationcheck
+    - errname
+    - execinquery
     - forcetypeassert
+    - gocheckcompilerdirectives
+    - gochecksumtype
     - gofmt
     - goimports
+    - gosmopolitan
     - govet
+    - grouper
     - importas
+    - inamedparam
     - ineffassign
+    - interfacebloat
+    - loggercheck
+    - maintidx
     - makezero
+    - mirror
     - misspell
+    - musttag
     - nakedret
     - nilerr
+    - nosprintfhostport
     - prealloc
     - predeclared
     - promlinter
+    - protogetter
+    - reassign
+    - sloglint
     - staticcheck
+    - tagalign
     - tagliatelle
+    - tenv
+    - testableexamples
+    - testifylint
     - typecheck
     - unused
+    - usestdlibvars
     - wastedassign
+    - zerologlint
     # - asciicheck
     # - bodyclose
+    # - contextcheck
     # - cyclop
     # - depguard
     # - dogsled
     # - errcheck
+    # - errchkjson
     # - errorlint
     # - exhaustive
-    # - exhaustivestruct
+    # - exhaustruct
     # - exportloopref
     # - forbidigo
     # - funlen
     # - gci
+    # - ginkgolinter
     # - gochecknoglobals
     # - gochecknoinits
     # - gocognit
@@ -49,23 +79,24 @@ linters:
     # - goerr113
     # - gofumpt
     # - goheader
-    # - golint
     # - gomnd
     # - gomoddirectives
     # - gomodguard
     # - goprintffuncname
     # - gosec
     # - gosimple
-    # - ifshort
+    # - ireturn
     # - lll
     # - nestif
+    # - nilnil
     # - nlreturn
     # - noctx
     # - nolintlint
+    # - nonamedreturns
     # - paralleltest
+    # - perfsprint
     # - revive
     # - rowserrcheck
-    # - scopelint
     # - sqlclosecheck
     # - stylecheck
     # - testpackage
@@ -73,6 +104,7 @@ linters:
     # - tparallel
     # - unconvert
     # - unparam
+    # - varnamelen
     # - whitespace
     # - wrapcheck
     # - wsl
@@ -81,71 +113,109 @@ linters-settings:
     checks: ["SA1019"]
   gocritic:
     enabled-checks:
-      # Diagnostic
       - appendAssign
+      - appendCombine
       - argOrder
+      - assignOp
+      - badCall
       - badCond
+      - badLock
+      - badRegexp
+      - badSorting
+      - boolExprSimplify
+      - builtinShadow
+      - builtinShadowDecl
+      - captLocal
       - caseOrder
       - codegenComment
+      - commentFormatting
       - commentedOutCode
+      - commentedOutImport
+      - defaultCaseOrder
+      - deferInLoop
+      - deferUnlambda
       - deprecatedComment
+      - docStub
       - dupArg
       - dupBranchBody
       - dupCase
+      - dupImport
       - dupSubExpr
+      - dynamicFmtString
+      - elseif
+      - emptyDecl
+      - emptyFallthrough
+      - emptyStringTest
+      - equalFold
+      - evalOrder
       - exitAfterDefer
+      - exposedSyncMutex
+      - externalErrorReassign
+      - filepathJoin
       - flagDeref
       - flagName
-      - nilValReturn
-      - offBy1
-      - sloppyReassign
-      - weakCond
-      - octalLiteral
-
-      # Performance
-      - appendCombine
-      - equalFold
+      - hexLiteral
+      - httpNoBody
       - hugeParam
+      - ifElseChain
+      - importShadow
       - indexAlloc
+      - initClause
+      - mapKey
+      - methodExprCall
+      - nestingReduce
+      - newDeref
+      - nilValReturn
+      - octalLiteral
+      - offBy1
+      - paramTypeCombine
+      - preferDecodeRune
+      - preferFilepathJoin
+      - preferFprint
+      - preferStringWriter
+      - preferWriteByte
+      - ptrToRefParam
       - rangeExprCopy
       - rangeValCopy
-
-      # Style
-      - assignOp
-      - boolExprSimplify
-      - captLocal
-      - commentFormatting
-      - commentedOutImport
-      - defaultCaseOrder
-      - docStub
-      - elseif
-      - emptyFallthrough
-      - emptyStringTest
-      - hexLiteral
-      - ifElseChain
-      - methodExprCall
+      - redundantSprint
       - regexpMust
+      - regexpPattern
+      - regexpSimplify
+      - returnAfterHttpError
+      - ruleguard
       - singleCaseSwitch
+      - sliceClear
       - sloppyLen
+      - sloppyReassign
+      - sloppyTestFuncName
+      - sloppyTypeAssert
+      - sortSlice
+      - sprintfQuotedString
+      - sqlQuery
+      - stringConcatSimplify
       - stringXbytes
+      - stringsCompare
       - switchTrue
+      - syncMapLoadAndDelete
+      - timeCmpSimplify
+      - timeExprSimplify
+      - todoCommentWithoutDetail
+      - tooManyResultsChecker
+      - truncateCmp
       - typeAssertChain
+      - typeDefFirst
       - typeSwitchVar
+      - typeUnparen
+      - uncheckedInlineErr
       - underef
       - unlabelStmt
       - unlambda
+      - unnamedResult
+      - unnecessaryBlock
+      - unnecessaryDefer
       - unslice
       - valSwap
+      - weakCond
+      - whyNoLint
       - wrapperFunc
       - yodaStyleExpr
-
-      # Opinionated
-      - builtinShadow
-      - importShadow
-      - initClause
-      - nestingReduce
-      - paramTypeCombine
-      - ptrToRefParam
-      - typeUnparen
-      - unnamedResult
-      - unnecessaryBlock
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 42f11cf6d1..18dc4ba6ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ install.lint: $(GOLANGCI_LINT)
 
 $(GOLANGCI_LINT):
 	export \
-		VERSION=v1.52.2 \
+		VERSION=v1.55.2 \
 		URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint \
 		BINDIR=${BUILD_BIN_PATH} && \
 	curl -sfL $$URL/$$VERSION/install.sh | sh -s $$VERSION
diff --git a/cmd/crictl/image.go b/cmd/crictl/image.go
index 720a3c5c75..3568a81e3e 100644
--- a/cmd/crictl/image.go
+++ b/cmd/crictl/image.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var pullImageCommand = &cli.Command{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:      "pod-config",
 			Value:     "",
-			Usage:     "Use `pod-config.[json|yaml]` to override the the pull c",
+			Usage:     "Use `pod-config.[json|yaml]` to override the pull c",
 			TakesFile: true,
 		},
 		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
diff --git a/pkg/validate/networking.go b/pkg/validate/networking.go
index 7a9aab2c0c..96abcc7360 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/networking.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/networking.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Networking", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("runtime should support port mapping with only container port [Conformance]", func() {
-			By("create a PodSandbox with container port port mapping")
+			By("create a PodSandbox with container port mapping")
 			var podConfig *runtimeapi.PodSandboxConfig
 			portMappings := []*runtimeapi.PortMapping{
 				{
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Networking", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("runtime should support port mapping with host port and container port [Conformance]", func() {
-			By("create a PodSandbox with host port and container port port mapping")
+			By("create a PodSandbox with host port and container port mapping")
 			var podConfig *runtimeapi.PodSandboxConfig
 			portMappings := []*runtimeapi.PortMapping{
 				{
diff --git a/pkg/validate/streaming.go b/pkg/validate/streaming.go
index 2d0d1ceebb..0c86b98e21 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/streaming.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/streaming.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Streaming", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("runtime should support portforward [Conformance]", func() {
-			By("create a PodSandbox with container port port mapping")
+			By("create a PodSandbox with container port mapping")
 			var podConfig *runtimeapi.PodSandboxConfig
 			portMappings := []*runtimeapi.PortMapping{
 				{
diff --git a/pkg/validate/streaming_linux.go b/pkg/validate/streaming_linux.go
index d24a2fffc9..6ead0b4928 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/streaming_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/streaming_linux.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Streaming", func() {
 		})
 
 		It("runtime should support portforward in host network", func() {
-			By("create a PodSandbox with container port port mapping in host network")
+			By("create a PodSandbox with container port mapping in host network")
 			var podConfig *runtimeapi.PodSandboxConfig
 			portMappings := []*runtimeapi.PortMapping{
 				{