diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 97c5daec..00000000
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-run:
-  deadline: 5m
-  allow-parallel-runners: true
-
-issues:
-  # don't skip warning about doc comments
-  # don't exclude the default set of lint
-  exclude-use-default: false
-  # restore some of the defaults
-  # (fill in the rest as needed)
-  exclude-rules:
-    - path: "api/*"
-      linters:
-        - lll
-    - path: "internal/*"
-      linters:
-        - dupl
-        - lll
-linters:
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    - dupl
-    - errcheck
-    - goconst
-    - gocyclo
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
-    - gosimple
-    - govet
-    - ineffassign
-    - misspell
-    - nakedret
-    - prealloc
-    - staticcheck
-    - typecheck
-    - unconvert
-    - unparam
-    - unused
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8c3db746..714e9a4f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/giantswarm/observability-operator
 
 go 1.23.0
 
-toolchain go1.23.6
+toolchain go1.24.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0