diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c700c34ff..252620c44a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ help: Makefile
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
-	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.44
+	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.45
 	golangci-lint run --build-tags integration --timeout 10m
 
 clean:
diff --git a/dot/rpc/modules/grandpa.go b/dot/rpc/modules/grandpa.go
index 0651b68aad..444c249a9d 100644
--- a/dot/rpc/modules/grandpa.go
+++ b/dot/rpc/modules/grandpa.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (gm *GrandpaModule) ProveFinality(r *http.Request, req *ProveFinalityReques
 	}
 
 	// Leaving check in for linter
-	if req.authorityID != uint64(0) { // nolint:staticcheck
+	if req.authorityID != uint64(0) {
 		// TODO: Check if functionality relevant (#1404)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pprof/server_test.go b/internal/pprof/server_test.go
index 09f5642d9e..2d70793a94 100644
--- a/internal/pprof/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/pprof/server_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func Test_Server(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		go func(client *http.Client, request *http.Request, results chan<- httpResult) {
-			response, err := client.Do(request) //nolint:bodyclose
+			response, err := client.Do(request)
 			results <- httpResult{
 				url:      request.URL.String(),
 				response: response,
diff --git a/lib/runtime/life/resolver.go b/lib/runtime/life/resolver.go
index 08457fb3d2..21be163dc4 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/life/resolver.go
+++ b/lib/runtime/life/resolver.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func storageAppend(storage runtime.Storage, key, valueToAppend []byte) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Tracef("item in storage is not SCALE encoded, overwriting at key 0x%x", key)
 			storage.Set(key, append([]byte{4}, valueToAppend...))
-			return nil //nolint:nilerr
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		lengthBytes, err := scale.Marshal(currLength)
diff --git a/lib/runtime/life/test_helpers.go b/lib/runtime/life/test_helpers.go
index b6e448dd07..b0a521b8e6 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/life/test_helpers.go
+++ b/lib/runtime/life/test_helpers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 var DefaultTestLogLvl = log.Info
 
 // newTestInstance will create a new runtime instance using the given target runtime
-func newTestInstance(t *testing.T, targetRuntime string) *Instance { //nolint:unparam
+func newTestInstance(t *testing.T, targetRuntime string) *Instance {
 	return newTestInstanceWithTrie(t, runtime.HOST_API_TEST_RUNTIME, nil, DefaultTestLogLvl)
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime/wasmer/imports.go b/lib/runtime/wasmer/imports.go
index b815db3cac..d62dcfcf26 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/wasmer/imports.go
+++ b/lib/runtime/wasmer/imports.go
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ func storageAppend(storage runtime.Storage, key, valueToAppend []byte) error {
 			logger.Tracef(
 				"item in storage is not SCALE encoded, overwriting at key 0x%x", key)
 			storage.Set(key, append([]byte{4}, valueToAppend...))
-			return nil //nolint:nilerr
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		lengthBytes, err := scale.Marshal(currLength)
diff --git a/tests/stress/helpers.go b/tests/stress/helpers.go
index 9da5736e31..163253fffc 100644
--- a/tests/stress/helpers.go
+++ b/tests/stress/helpers.go
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ func compareFinalizedHeadsWithRetry(t *testing.T, nodes []*utils.Node, round uin
 	return common.Hash{}, nil
 }
 
-//nolint
 func getPendingExtrinsics(t *testing.T, node *utils.Node) []string {
 	respBody, err := utils.PostRPC(utils.AuthorPendingExtrinsics, utils.NewEndpoint(node.RPCPort), "[]")
 	require.NoError(t, err)