diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 81a0986dff..892fcabb3a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
         PREFIX=/build /install.sh containerd
 
 FROM base AS golangci_lint
-ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.44.0
+ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.46.2
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
         GOBIN=/build/ GO111MODULE=on go install "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}" \
diff --git a/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml b/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
index 0eb7e26c3b..e1c7d40480 100644
--- a/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ issues:
     # ID's.
     #
     # These exclusion patterns are copied from the default excluses at:
-    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v1.44.0/pkg/config/issues.go#L10-L104
+    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v1.46.2/pkg/config/issues.go#L10-L104
 
     # EXC0001
     - text: "Error return value of .((os\\.)?std(out|err)\\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ issues:
       linters:
         - golint
     # FIXME temporarily suppress these. See #39924
-    - text: "SA1019: .*\\.Xattrs is deprecated: Use PAXRecords instead"
+    - text: "SA1019: .*\\.Xattrs has been deprecated since Go 1.10: Use PAXRecords instead"
       linters:
         - staticcheck
     # FIXME temporarily suppress these. See #39926