diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 31bd27fd..ab2fbce4 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,64 +1,41 @@
 linters-settings:
-  go-mod-tidy:
-    enabled: true
-  gci:
-    enabled: true
-    max-len: 120
-    line-length: 120
-  goconst:
-    enabled: true
-  gocritic:
-    enabled: true
-    disable:
-      - parallelize
-      - nesting
-      - hugeParam
-      - hugeStruct
-      - nestParam
-      - prealloc
   govet:
-    enabled: true
-    shadow: true
-    tests: true
-  golint:
-    enabled: true
-    min-confidence: 0.8
+    enable:
+      - shadow
+      - tests
+  revive:
+    confidence: 0.8
+    rules:
+      - name: line-length-limit
+        arguments: [120]
   unused:
-    enabled: true
-    check-exported: true
-    check-packages: true
-    check-generated: true
-    tests: true
-    allow-unused-type-export: true
+    exported-fields-are-used: false
+    local-variables-are-used: false 
+    generated-is-used: false
   cyclop:
-    enabled: true
-    average-strictness: 7
-  scopelint:
-    enabled: true
-    tests: true
-
+    max-complexity: 7
 
 # Configuration for golangci-lint that is suitable for a Kubernetes operator project built with Golang
 linters:
   enable-all: false
   disable-all: false
-  linters:
-    - gci
+  enable:
     - goconst
     - gocritic
     - govet
-    - golint
+    - revive # Replaces golint
     - unused
     - cyclop
-    - scopelint
-  exclude-rules:
-    - testpackage
-issues: 
- exclude-dirs: 
+    - copyloopvar  # Replaces scopelint
+issues:
+  exclude-dirs: 
     - vendor
     - bundle
     - hack
     - img
+  exclude-rules:
+    - path: _test\.go
+      linters:
+        - testpackage
 run:
-  timeout: 5m
-  enable-cache: true
+  timeout: 5m
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