diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index def9007..75f886d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.23.x
+          go-version: 1.25.x
       - name: Install snmp_exporter/generator dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
         if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'
+      - name: Get golangci-lint version
+        id: golangci-lint-version
+        run: echo "version=$(make print-golangci-lint-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@ec5d18412c0aeab7936cb16880d708ba2a64e1ae # v6.2.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4afd733a84b1f43292c63897423277bb7f4313a9 # v8.0.0
         with:
           args: --verbose
-          version: v1.63.4
+          version: ${{ steps.golangci-lint-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 737ad7d..f052391 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
-run:
-  deadline: 5m
-  skip-files:
-    # Skip autogenerated files.
-    - ^.*\.(pb|y)\.go$
-
-output:
-  sort-results: true
-
+version: "2"
 linters:
+  enable:
+    - revive
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
+    rules:
+      - linters:
+          - errcheck
+        path: _test.go
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
+formatters:
   enable:
     - gofumpt
     - goimports
-    - revive
-
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test.go
-      linters:
-        - errcheck
-
-linters-settings:
-  errcheck:
-    exclude: scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
-  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/prometheus-community/avalanche
-  gofumpt:
-    extra-rules: true
+  settings:
+    gofumpt:
+      extra-rules: true
+    goimports:
+      local-prefixes:
+        - github.com/prometheus-community/avalanche
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index d1576bb..143bf03 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_
 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.63.4
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.6.0
+GOLANGCI_FMT_OPTS ?=
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64/arm64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),$(filter $(GOHOSTOS),linux darwin))
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ common-deps:
 update-go-deps:
 	@echo ">> updating Go dependencies"
 	@for m in $$($(GO) list -mod=readonly -m -f '{{ if and (not .Indirect) (not .Main)}}{{.Path}}{{end}}' all); do \
-		$(GO) get -d $$m; \
+		$(GO) get $$m; \
 	done
 	$(GO) mod tidy
 
@@ -156,9 +157,13 @@ $(GOTEST_DIR):
 	@mkdir -p $@
 
 .PHONY: common-format
-common-format:
+common-format: $(GOLANGCI_LINT)
 	@echo ">> formatting code"
 	$(GO) fmt $(pkgs)
+ifdef GOLANGCI_LINT
+	@echo ">> formatting code with golangci-lint"
+	$(GOLANGCI_LINT) fmt $(GOLANGCI_FMT_OPTS)
+endif
 
 .PHONY: common-vet
 common-vet:
@@ -248,8 +253,8 @@ $(PROMU):
 	cp $(PROMU_TMP)/promu-$(PROMU_VERSION).$(GO_BUILD_PLATFORM)/promu $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin/promu
 	rm -r $(PROMU_TMP)
 
-.PHONY: proto
-proto:
+.PHONY: common-proto
+common-proto:
 	@echo ">> generating code from proto files"
 	@./scripts/genproto.sh
 
@@ -261,6 +266,10 @@ $(GOLANGCI_LINT):
 		| sh -s -- -b $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
 endif
 
+.PHONY: common-print-golangci-lint-version
+common-print-golangci-lint-version:
+	@echo $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
+
 .PHONY: precheck
 precheck::
 
diff --git a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt b/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 92974d7..0000000
--- a/scripts/errcheck_excludes.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Don't flag lines such as "io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)".
-io.Copy
-// The next two are used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
-io.WriteString
-(net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
-// No need to check for errors on server's shutdown.
-(*net/http.Server).Shutdown
-
-// Never check for logger errors.
-(github.com/go-kit/log.Logger).Log
-
-// Never check for rollback errors as Rollback() is called when a previous error was detected.
-(github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage.Appender).Rollback