diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 7a42e0c..969a700 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run linters
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         with:
-          version: v2.11.3
+          version: v2.11.4
           args: -v
           only-new-issues: true
           skip-cache: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab5ba53..eaf0551 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ENVTEST_VERSION ?= v0.0.0-20250505003155-b6c5897febe5
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION := 1.31.0
 CRD_REF_DOCS_VER ?= v0.2.0
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT ?= go run github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
+GOLANGCI_LINT ?= v2.11.4
 GINKGO ?= go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@$(GINKGO_VERSION)
 CRD_REF_DOCS := go run github.com/elastic/crd-ref-docs@$(CRD_REF_DOCS_VER)
 PANDOC := $(shell which pandoc 2> /dev/null)