diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 85f64a699..22e35d45f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 name: Workflow
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ '**' ]
+    branches: ["**"]
 jobs:
   code-check:
     name: Check Go formatting, linting, vetting
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run the formatter, linter, and vetter
         uses: dell/common-github-actions/go-code-formatter-linter-vetter@main
         with:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
   #  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   #  steps:
   #    - name: Checkout the code
-  #      uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+  #      uses: actions/checkout@v4
   #    - name: Run the forbidden words scan
   #      uses: dell/common-github-actions/code-sanitizer@main
   #      with:
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: "1.22"
           cache: false
       - name: Checkout csm-operator
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          repository: 'dell/csm-operator'
-          path: 'csm-operator'
+          repository: "dell/csm-operator"
+          path: "csm-operator"
       - name: Run unit tests and check package coverage
         uses: dell/common-github-actions/go-code-tester@csm-operator-controllers
         with:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run unit tests and check package coverage
         uses: dell/common-github-actions/go-code-tester@main
         with:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run unit tests and check package coverage
         uses: dell/common-github-actions/go-code-tester@main
         with:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run Go Security
         uses: securego/gosec@master
         with:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Run malware scan
         uses: dell/common-github-actions/malware-scanner@main
         with:
@@ -92,20 +92,20 @@ jobs:
     name: Image Scanner
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      BASE_IMG : ubuntu:latest
+      BASE_IMG: ubuntu:latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.22+
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ^1.22
         id: go
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build Docker Images
-        run: DEFAULT_IMG=csm-operator:latest make -o gen-semver docker-build 
+        run: DEFAULT_IMG=csm-operator:latest make -o gen-semver docker-build
       - name: Scan controller Image
         uses: Azure/container-scan@v0
-        env: 
+        env:
           DOCKLE_HOST: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
         with:
           image-name: csm-operator:latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
index 2109263c3..6e8a6caa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ jobs:
     name: golangci-lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: "1.22"
           cache: false
       - name: Checkout the code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3.2.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Vendor packages
         run: |
           go mod vendor
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v5
         with:
-          version: v1.55
+          version: latest
           skip-cache: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 603c01d4b..ce0bddb3a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0
   new: false
+  exclude:
+    - "parameter 'clusterConfigData' seems to be unused, consider removing or renaming it as _"
 
 output:
   print-linter-name: true
diff --git a/controllers/acc_controller.go b/controllers/acc_controller.go
index e3eba580b..fd0e64f08 100644
--- a/controllers/acc_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/acc_controller.go
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ func (r *ApexConnectivityClientReconciler) ClientContentWatch() error {
 	_, err = podsInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		UpdateFunc: r.handlePodsUpdate,
 	})
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("ClientContentWatch failed adding event handler to podsInformer: %v", err)
 	}