diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 8704f80689c3..cd55da314412 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and deploy documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      GO_VERSION: '1.21'
+      GO_VERSION: '1.22'
       NODE_VERSION: '20.x'
       CGO_ENABLED: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
index 003057441c5c..d0fe123f9654 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           # ex:
           # - 1.18beta1 -> 1.18.0-beta.1
           # - 1.18rc1 -> 1.18.0-rc.1
-          go-version: '1.21'
+          go-version: '1.22'
 
       - name: Update GitHub action config
         run: make assets/github-action-config.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-documentation.yml
index be06a87a7f8b..c5d525bc4317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-documentation.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build documentation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      GO_VERSION: '1.21'
+      GO_VERSION: '1.22'
       NODE_VERSION: '20.x'
       CGO_ENABLED: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-extra.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-extra.yml
index 10a1d620d13a..8cdd913be9e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-extra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-extra.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           # ex:
           # - 1.18beta1 -> 1.18.0-beta.1
           # - 1.18rc1 -> 1.18.0-rc.1
-          go-version: '1.21'
+          go-version: '1.22'
       - name: Run go list
         run: go list -json -m all > go.list
       - name: Nancy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 7ed7d2a6cbfc..5094d84f8c68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: '1.21'
+  GO_VERSION: '1.22'
 
 jobs:
   # Check if there is any dirty change for go mod tidy
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ jobs:
           # ex:
           # - 1.18beta1 -> 1.18.0-beta.1
           # - 1.18rc1 -> 1.18.0-rc.1
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          # TODO(ldez) must be changed after the first release of golangci-lint with go1.22
+          # go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.7.0
         with:
@@ -89,8 +91,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         golang:
-          - '1.20'
           - '1.21'
+          - '1.22'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yml b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
index 61cfa6793e2b..fa43e19b4632 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           # ex:
           # - 1.18beta1 -> 1.18.0-beta.1
           # - 1.18rc1 -> 1.18.0-rc.1
-          go-version: '1.21'
+          go-version: '1.22'
       - name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           # ex:
           # - 1.18beta1 -> 1.18.0-beta.1
           # - 1.18rc1 -> 1.18.0-rc.1
-          go-version: '1.21'
+          go-version: '1.22'
 
       - name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 2226a849ca61..520548cdb088 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # stage 1 building the code
-FROM golang:1.21 as builder
+FROM golang:1.22 as builder
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG SHORT_COMMIT
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN APP_VERSION=${VERSION#v} \
     go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=$APP_VERSION -X main.commit=$SHORT_COMMIT -X main.date=$DATE" -o golangci-lint ./cmd/golangci-lint/main.go
 
 # stage 2
-FROM golang:1.21
+FROM golang:1.22
 # related to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/3107
 ENV GOROOT /usr/local/go
 # Set all directories as safe
diff --git a/build/alpine.Dockerfile b/build/alpine.Dockerfile
index a607970ed5ad..8df9f39126cf 100644
--- a/build/alpine.Dockerfile
+++ b/build/alpine.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # stage 1 building the code
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.22-alpine as builder
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG SHORT_COMMIT
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN APP_VERSION=${VERSION#v} \
     go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=$APP_VERSION -X main.commit=$SHORT_COMMIT -X main.date=$DATE" -o golangci-lint ./cmd/golangci-lint/main.go
 
 # stage 2
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine
+FROM golang:1.22-alpine
 # related to https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/3107
 ENV GOROOT /usr/local/go
 # gcc is required to support cgo;
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7e83244aadd..0719593915d3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	4d63.com/gocheckcompilerdirectives v1.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3f3dd80947e9..198cdd7d7fea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF0
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 github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:CIzddKRvLBC4Au5aYP/i3nyaWQ+ClszLIuVocRiCYFQ=
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+github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:pXcQ2Asjp247dahGEmsZ6ru0UVwnkhktn7S0bBDLxvQ=
 github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.1.4 h1:WCvlB3l5Vq5dZQTFmodqL2g68uHiSwwlWcT5a2FGK0c=
 github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.1.4/go.mod h1:WyYPfhfkdhyrdaligV6svFopZV8Lqdzn5pyVBaV6jhQ=
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+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
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@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Y8j9jy9ZYAEHXdu723cUlraTqbzjKF1
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+github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
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 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0/go.mod h1:mBJUNpUnHmRKrKlQQlmCrh5PuhftFbNv8Ys4
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+github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
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@@ -157,10 +161,12 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9
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+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
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@@ -173,6 +179,7 @@ github.com/go-toolsmith/astfmt v1.1.0/go.mod h1:OrcLlRwu0CuiIBp/8b5PYF9ktGVZUjlN
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@@ -263,6 +270,7 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20200229191704-1ebb73c60ed3/go.mod h1:ZgVRPoUq/hf
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@@ -279,6 +287,7 @@ github.com/gostaticanalysis/nilerr v0.1.1 h1:ThE+hJP0fEp4zWLkWHWcRyI2Od0p7DlgYG3
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@@ -323,9 +332,11 @@ github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.3/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxv
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@@ -393,9 +404,12 @@ github.com/nunnatsa/ginkgolinter v0.15.2/go.mod h1:oYxE7dt1vZI8cK2rZOs3RgTaBN2vg
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@@ -448,6 +462,7 @@ github.com/quasilyte/stdinfo v0.0.0-20220114132959-f7386bf02567 h1:M8mH9eK4OUR4l
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@@ -572,6 +587,7 @@ github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.3/go.mod h1:SBZ9tNy3G9/m5Oi98Zks0QjeHVDvuK0qfxQ
 gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.1 h1:VdsdfxhstabyhZovHafFw+9eJ6eU0d2CkFNJcZz/NU4=
 gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.1/go.mod h1:jecSqWUew6Yle1pCr2eLWTensJMmsxHsBwt+PVbkAqA=
 go-simpler.org/assert v0.7.0 h1:OzWWZqfNxt8cLS+MlUp6Tgk1HjPkmgdKBq9qvy8lZsA=
+go-simpler.org/assert v0.7.0/go.mod h1:74Eqh5eI6vCK6Y5l3PI8ZYFXG4Sa+tkr70OIPJAUr28=
 go-simpler.org/musttag v0.8.0 h1:DR4UTgetNNhPRNo02rkK1hwDTRzAPotN+ZqYpdtEwWc=
 go-simpler.org/musttag v0.8.0/go.mod h1:fiNdCkXt2S6je9Eblma3okjnlva9NT1Eg/WUt19rWu8=
 go-simpler.org/sloglint v0.4.0 h1:UVJuUJo63iNQNFEOtZ6o1xAgagVg/giVLLvG9nNLobI=
@@ -584,6 +600,7 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11 h1:wy28qYRKZgnJTxGxvye5/wgWr1EKjmUDGYox5mGlRlI=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11/go.mod h1:cwTWslyiVhfpKIDGSZEM2HlOvcqm+tG4zioyIeLoqMQ=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 h1:y6IPFStTAIT5Ytl7/XYmHvzXQ7S3g/IeZW9hyZ5thw4=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 h1:FiJd5l1UOLj0wCgbSE0rwwXHzEdAZS6hiiSnxJN/D60=
@@ -683,6 +700,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.2.0/go.mod h1:KqCZLdyyvdV855qA2rE3GC2aiw5xGR5TEjj8smXukLY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 h1:aCL9BSgETF1k+blQaYUBx9hJ9LOGP3gAVemcZlf1Kpo=
+golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 7941f428f4f5..a5483a20e3c6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ type Version struct {
 	Debug  bool   `mapstructure:"debug"`
 }
 
-func IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo121(v string) bool {
+func IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo122(v string) bool {
 	v1, err := hcversion.NewVersion(strings.TrimPrefix(v, "go"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	limit, err := hcversion.NewVersion("1.21")
+	limit, err := hcversion.NewVersion("1.22")
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/reader.go b/pkg/config/reader.go
index 1e5e0daffaf6..0c4fa13b0636 100644
--- a/pkg/config/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/config/reader.go
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/exitcodes"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/fsutils"
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go b/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
index 99e87045d882..20ddf1fd4c49 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package golinters
 
 import (
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/asmdecl"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/assign"
diff --git a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
index c911b5613daf..94ec8e891856 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/linter/config.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (lc *Config) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (lc *Config) WithNoopFallback(cfg *config.Config) *Config {
-	if cfg != nil && config.IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo121(cfg.Run.Go) {
+	if cfg != nil && config.IsGreaterThanOrEqualGo122(cfg.Run.Go) {
 		lc.Linter = &Noop{
 			name: lc.Linter.Name(),
 			desc: lc.Linter.Desc(),
diff --git a/test/enabled_linters_test.go b/test/enabled_linters_test.go
index 4705c94f2a6e..e2589ef894c2 100644
--- a/test/enabled_linters_test.go
+++ b/test/enabled_linters_test.go
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ package test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
-
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/lint/lintersdb"
 	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/test/testshared"
 )
diff --git a/test/testdata/zerologlint/zerologlint.go b/test/testdata/zerologlint/zerologlint.go
index 3eb334908c91..d7e335de8358 100644
--- a/test/testdata/zerologlint/zerologlint.go
+++ b/test/testdata/zerologlint/zerologlint.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package zerologlint
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 func expectWarnings() {