diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 9d337d60..55368572 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/errwrap v1.6.0
 
 	// golangci-lint - intended as a primary linter
-	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.2
+	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.3
 
 	// httperroryzer - provided as an optional linter
 	github.com/orijtech/httperroryzer v0.0.1
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 05b243a7..4f3cc331 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 h1:A4xDbljILXROh+kObIiy5kIaPYD8e96x1tgBhUI5J+Y=
 github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3/go.mod h1:d3Ez4x06l9bZtSvzIay5+Yzi0fmZzPgnTbPcKjJAkT8=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
-github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.2 h1:Y8aWnZCMOLY5T7Ga5hcoemyKsZZJCUmIIK3xTD3jIhc=
-github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.2/go.mod h1:4UvjLpOJoQSvmyWkmO1urDR3txhL9R9sn4oM/evJ95g=
+github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.3 h1:l38A5de24ZeDlcFF+EB7m3W5joPD99/hS5SIHJPyZa0=
+github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.60.3/go.mod h1:J4vOpcjzRI+lDL2DKNGBZVB3EQSBfCBCMpaydWLtJNo=
 github.com/google/go-cmdtest v0.4.1-0.20220921163831-55ab3332a786 h1:rcv+Ippz6RAtvaGgKxc+8FQIpxHgsF+HBzPyYL2cyVU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0 h1:GOZbcHa3HfsPKPlmyPyN2KEohoMXOhdMbHrvbpl2QaA=