diff --git a/.github/workflows/ocs-operator-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ocs-operator-ci.yaml
index f70d7051f2..2808b11838 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ocs-operator-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ocs-operator-ci.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
-          version: v1.54.2
+          version: v1.63.4
           args: "--out-format=colored-line-number --timeout=6m ./..."
 
   go-test:
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 8b2710eabf..3ea44b2872 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@ run:
   # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 1m
   timeout: 2m
 
-linters:
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    - errcheck
-    - gosimple
-    - govet
-    - ineffassign
-    - staticcheck
-    - unused
-    - gofmt
-    - revive
+issues:
+  exclude:
+      #https://pkg.go.dev/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.19.1/pkg/handler#TypedMapFunc
+    - "parameter 'context' seems to be unused"
+    - "parameter 'obj' seems to be unused"
diff --git a/controllers/mirroring/mirroring_controller.go b/controllers/mirroring/mirroring_controller.go
index 6f5374aa8b..18dba93665 100644
--- a/controllers/mirroring/mirroring_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/mirroring/mirroring_controller.go
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ package mirroring
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 	"slices"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+
 	ocsv1 "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/api/v4/v1"
 	ocsv1alpha1 "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/api/v4/v1alpha1"
 	providerClient "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/services/provider/api/v4/client"
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ func (r *MirroringReconciler) reconcileBlockPoolMirroring(
 			for i := range response.Errors {
 				resp := response.Errors[i]
 				r.log.Error(
-					fmt.Errorf(resp.Message),
+					errors.New(resp.Message),
 					"failed to get BlockPoolsInfo",
 					"CephBlockPool",
 					resp.BlockPoolName,
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ func (r *MirroringReconciler) reconcileRadosNamespaceMirroring(
 			for i := range response.Errors {
 				resp := response.Errors[i]
 				r.log.Error(
-					fmt.Errorf(resp.Message),
+					errors.New(resp.Message),
 					"failed to get StorageClientsInfo",
 					"CephBlockPool",
 					resp.ClientID,
diff --git a/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go b/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
index cc2b9f8b33..c8c3ad8953 100644
--- a/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ocsinitialization/ocsinitialization_controller.go
@@ -608,9 +608,8 @@ func getFailureDomainKeyFromStorageClassParameter(sc *storagev1.StorageClass) st
 		return "topology.rook.io/rack"
 	} else if failuredomain == "hostname" || failuredomain == "host" {
 		return "kubernetes.io/hostname"
-	} else {
-		return ""
 	}
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (r *OCSInitializationReconciler) reconcileUXBackendSecret(initialData *ocsv1.OCSInitialization) error {
diff --git a/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go b/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
index 06d04a6b40..e7f5b88025 100644
--- a/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
+++ b/controllers/storagecluster/reconcile.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	error1 "errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
+
 	ocsv1 "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/api/v4/v1"
 	ocsv1alpha1 "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/api/v4/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/v4/controllers/util"
@@ -212,9 +213,8 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, request reconc
 		return result, reconcileError
 	} else if statusError != nil {
 		return result, statusError
-	} else {
-		return result, nil
 	}
+	return result, nil
 }
 
 func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) initializeImagesStatus(sc *ocsv1.StorageCluster) {
@@ -699,9 +699,8 @@ func (r *StorageClusterReconciler) SetOperatorConditions(message string, reason
 		return error1.New(prevError.Error() + operatorConditionErr.Error())
 	} else if prevError != nil {
 		return prevError
-	} else {
-		return operatorConditionErr
 	}
+	return operatorConditionErr
 }
 
 // validateStorageDeviceSets checks the StorageDeviceSets of the given
diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 3c08387473..fdee81cfe5 100644
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ OPERATOR_SDK="${LOCALBIN}/operator-sdk-${OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION}"
 OPM_VERSION="v1.28.0"
 OPM="${LOCALBIN}/opm-${OPM_VERSION}"
 GINKGO="${LOCALBIN}/ginkgo"
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="v1.54.2"
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="v1.63.4"
 GOLANGCI_LINT="${LOCALBIN}/golangci-lint"
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION="v0.9.0"
 SHELLCHECK="${LOCALBIN}/shellcheck"
diff --git a/services/provider/server/server.go b/services/provider/server/server.go
index 5645eb872f..4408ee9def 100644
--- a/services/provider/server/server.go
+++ b/services/provider/server/server.go
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ func (s *OCSProviderServer) getExternalResources(ctx context.Context, consumerRe
 	if err = s.client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(noobaMgmtRoute), noobaMgmtRoute); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get noobaa-mgmt route. %v", err)
 	}
-	if noobaMgmtRoute.Status.Ingress == nil || len(noobaMgmtRoute.Status.Ingress) == 0 {
+	if len(noobaMgmtRoute.Status.Ingress) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no Ingress available in noobaa-mgmt route")
 	}
 
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func (s *OCSProviderServer) FulfillStorageClaim(ctx context.Context, req *pb.Ful
 	// Get storage consumer resource using UUID
 	consumerObj, err := s.consumerManager.Get(ctx, req.StorageConsumerUUID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, err.Error())
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	klog.Infof("Found StorageConsumer %q (%q)", consumerObj.Name, req.StorageConsumerUUID)
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ func (s *OCSProviderServer) RevokeStorageClaim(ctx context.Context, req *pb.Revo
 	if err != nil {
 		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("failed to revoke storage class claim %q for %q. %v", req.StorageClaimName, req.StorageConsumerUUID, err)
 		klog.Error(errMsg)
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, errMsg)
+		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, errMsg)
 	}
 
 	return &pb.RevokeStorageClaimResponse{}, nil
diff --git a/services/ux-backend/main.go b/services/ux-backend/main.go
index 555d39dc2c..43c64d5973 100644
--- a/services/ux-backend/main.go
+++ b/services/ux-backend/main.go
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ type serverConfig struct {
 }
 
 func readEnvVar[T any](envVarName string, defaultValue T, parser func(str string) (T, error)) (T, error) {
-	if str := os.Getenv(envVarName); str == "" {
+	str := os.Getenv(envVarName)
+	if str == "" {
 		klog.Infof("no user-defined %s provided, defaulting to %v", envVarName, defaultValue)
 		return defaultValue, nil
-	} else if value, err := parser(str); err != nil {
+	}
+
+	value, err := parser(str)
+	if err != nil {
 		return *new(T), fmt.Errorf("malformed user-defined %s value %s: %v", envVarName, str, err)
-	} else {
-		return value, nil
 	}
+	return value, nil
 }
 
 func loadAndValidateServerConfig() (*serverConfig, error) {