diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 5342cbe0..3893ef86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
         if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'
       - name: Lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@55c2c1448f86e01eaae002a5a3a9624417608d84 # v6.5.2
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1481404843c368bc19ca9406f87d6e0fc97bdcfd # v7.0.0
         with:
           args: --verbose
-          version: v1.64.6
+          version: v2.0.2
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 8731aefd..26d1f5ad 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,48 @@
+version: "2"
 linters:
   enable:
     - depguard
-    - goimports
     - misspell
     - revive
-
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: _test.go
-      linters:
-        - errcheck
-
-linters-settings:
-  depguard:
-    rules:
-      no_exec_policy:
-        files:
-          - "!$test"
-        deny:
-          - pkg: "os/exec"
-            desc: "Using os/exec to run sub processes it not allowed by policy"
-  errcheck:
-    exclude-functions:
+  settings:
+    depguard:
+      rules:
+        no_exec_policy:
+          files:
+            - '!$test'
+          deny:
+            - pkg: os/exec
+              desc: Using os/exec to run sub processes it not allowed by policy
+    errcheck:
       # Used in HTTP handlers, any error is handled by the server itself.
-      - (net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
-  revive:
+      exclude-functions:
+        - (net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
+    revive:
+      rules:
+        - name: unused-parameter
+          severity: warning
+          disabled: true
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    presets:
+      - comments
+      - common-false-positives
+      - legacy
+      - std-error-handling
     rules:
-      # https://github.com/mgechev/revive/blob/master/RULES_DESCRIPTIONS.md#unused-parameter
-      - name: unused-parameter
-        severity: warning
-        disabled: true
+      - linters:
+          - errcheck
+        path: _test.go
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - goimports
+  exclusions:
+    generated: lax
+    paths:
+      - third_party$
+      - builtin$
+      - examples$
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 8cb38385..81bad5f4 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_
 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.64.6
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.0.2
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64/arm64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),$(filter $(GOHOSTOS),linux darwin))
diff --git a/collector/boot_time_bsd.go b/collector/boot_time_bsd.go
index d632fef0..49b4145c 100644
--- a/collector/boot_time_bsd.go
+++ b/collector/boot_time_bsd.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 package collector
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-	"log/slog"
 )
 
 type bootTimeCollector struct {
diff --git a/collector/cpu_linux.go b/collector/cpu_linux.go
index 078a4611..671db8ba 100644
--- a/collector/cpu_linux.go
+++ b/collector/cpu_linux.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewCPUCollector(logger *slog.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get isolated cpus: %w", err)
 		}
-		logger.Debug("Could not open isolated file", "error", err)
+		logger.Debug("couldn't open isolated file", "error", err)
 	}
 
 	c := &cpuCollector{
diff --git a/collector/perf_linux_test.go b/collector/perf_linux_test.go
index 7560b0a0..1d39e8a9 100644
--- a/collector/perf_linux_test.go
+++ b/collector/perf_linux_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func canTestPerf(t *testing.T) {
 	paranoidStr := strings.ReplaceAll(string(paranoidBytes), "\n", "")
 	paranoid, err := strconv.Atoi(paranoidStr)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected perf_event_paranoid to be an int, got: %s", paranoidStr)
+		t.Fatalf("expected perf_event_paranoid to be an int, got: %s", paranoidStr)
 	}
 	if paranoid >= 1 {
 		t.Skip("Skipping perf tests, set perf_event_paranoid to 0")