diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 1e59c02c2..e307e5af6 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.22-openshift-4.17
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.24-openshift-4.21
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index b71f0aa36..7974ecc95 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ run:
   issues:
     exclude-dirs:
       - vendor
-
-  # default is true. Enables skipping of directories:
-  #   vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
-  skip-dirs-use-default: true
+    exclude-dirs-use-default: true
+    uniq-by-line: true
 
   # by default isn't set. If set we pass it to "go list -mod={option}". From "go help modules":
   # If invoked with -mod=readonly, the go command is disallowed from the implicit
@@ -60,9 +58,6 @@ output:
   # print linter name in the end of issue text, default is true
   print-linter-name: true
 
-  # make issues output unique by line, default is true
-  uniq-by-line: true
-
   # add a prefix to the output file references; default is no prefix
   path-prefix: ""
 
diff --git a/Containerfile.external-dns-operator b/Containerfile.external-dns-operator
index 508855823..e1d3cce40 100644
--- a/Containerfile.external-dns-operator
+++ b/Containerfile.external-dns-operator
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ COPY Dockerfile .
 RUN test "$(sha1sum Dockerfile.cached | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(sha1sum Dockerfile | cut -d' ' -f1)"
 
 
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.22 as builder
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.24 as builder
 # dummy copy to trigger the drift detection
 COPY --from=drift /app/Dockerfile.cached .
 WORKDIR /workspace
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fdc0b6de3..deec2d597 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.22 as builder
+FROM golang:1.24 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
 COPY . .
diff --git a/drift-cache/Dockerfile b/drift-cache/Dockerfile
index fdc0b6de3..deec2d597 100644
--- a/drift-cache/Dockerfile
+++ b/drift-cache/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.22 as builder
+FROM golang:1.24 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src
 COPY . .
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 375d9bb21..8c3224cd3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/openshift/external-dns-operator
 
-go 1.22.0
-
-toolchain go1.22.3
+go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v60.1.0+incompatible
diff --git a/hack/golangci-lint.sh b/hack/golangci-lint.sh
index d0954050f..78a8d4e03 100755
--- a/hack/golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/golangci-lint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-GOLANGCI_VERSION="1.59.1"
+GOLANGCI_VERSION="1.64.8"
 
 OUTPUT_PATH=${1:-./bin/golangci-lint}
 
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ GOARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
 
 case $GOOS in
   linux)
-    CHECKSUM="c30696f1292cff8778a495400745f0f9c0406a3f38d8bb12cef48d599f6c7791"
+    CHECKSUM="b6270687afb143d019f387c791cd2a6f1cb383be9b3124d241ca11bd3ce2e54e"
     ;;
   darwin)
-    CHECKSUM="2f945063394a489c0037f0369c0ce21bc007565c08f90b924a35f4c04721cbc0"
+    CHECKSUM="b52aebb8cb51e00bfd5976099083fbe2c43ef556cef9c87e58a8ae656e740444"
     ;;
     *)
     echo "Unsupported OS $GOOS"