diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5065d7a631..13e0136681 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ MINIKUBE_RELEASES_URL=https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download
 KERNEL_VERSION ?= 4.19.202
 # latest from https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases 
 # update this only by running `make update-golint-version`
-GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.42.1
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.43.0
 # Limit number of default jobs, to avoid the CI builds running out of memory
 GOLINT_JOBS ?= 4
 # see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#memory-usage-of-golangci-lint
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
index 424b7155ad..ea67f7331f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kubeadm_test.go
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ func recentReleases(n int) ([]string, error) {
 	foundDefault := false
 
 	for _, v := range versions {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(constants.NewestKubernetesVersion, v) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(constants.NewestKubernetesVersion, v) { //nolint:gocritic // Complains "constants.NewestKubernetesVersion and v arguments order looks reversed"
 			foundNewest = true
 		}
-		if strings.HasPrefix(constants.DefaultKubernetesVersion, v) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(constants.DefaultKubernetesVersion, v) { //nolint:gocritic // Same as above
 			foundDefault = true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/integration/driver_install_or_update_test.go b/test/integration/driver_install_or_update_test.go
index b0cedaca33..617f05d713 100644
--- a/test/integration/driver_install_or_update_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/driver_install_or_update_test.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func prepareTempMinikubeDirWithHyperkitDriver(name, driver string) (string, stri
 	}
 
 	// try to copy cached files to the temp minikube folder to avoid downloading of iso and preloads
-	_ = CopyDir(filepath.Join(localpath.MakeMiniPath("cache")), filepath.Join(mkDir, "cache"))
+	_ = CopyDir(localpath.MakeMiniPath("cache"), filepath.Join(mkDir, "cache"))
 
 	// change permission to allow driver to be executable
 	if err = os.Chmod(testDriverPath, 0755); err != nil {