diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c4c44e1bec..c3a190bd5c 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 ?= v1.44.2
+GOLINT_VERSION ?= v1.45.0
 # 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/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index ee8483447f..228d6d4499 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import (
 	gopshost "github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/host"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"golang.org/x/text/cases"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	cmdcfg "k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd/config"
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ func platform() string {
 	// Show the distro version if possible
 	hi, err := gopshost.Info()
 	if err == nil {
-		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", strings.Title(hi.Platform), hi.PlatformVersion))
+		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", cases.Title(language.Und).String(hi.Platform), hi.PlatformVersion))
 		klog.Infof("hostinfo: %+v", hi)
 	} else {
 		klog.Warningf("gopshost.Info returned error: %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver.go b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver.go
index 34e277009a..0b2e317c93 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/driver/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/driver/driver.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"golang.org/x/text/cases"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ func FullName(name string) string {
 		}
 		return "Docker"
 	default:
-		return strings.Title(name)
+		return cases.Title(language.Und).String(name)
 	}
 }