diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index cdd56991..923e335c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         with:
           # renovate: github=golangci/golangci-lint
-          version: v2.7.2
+          version: v2.11.3
           args: "--max-same-issues=0"
diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go
index ec054adb..21ec667f 100644
--- a/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/0_service.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func isWindowsService() (bool, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for ; ; parentProcess = (*windows.SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION)(unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(parentProcess)) + uintptr(parentProcess.NextEntryOffset))) {
+	for ; ; parentProcess = (*windows.SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION)(unsafe.Add(unsafe.Pointer(parentProcess), uintptr(parentProcess.NextEntryOffset))) {
 		if parentProcess.UniqueProcessID == currentProcess.InheritedFromUniqueProcessId {
 			return strings.EqualFold("services.exe", parentProcess.ImageName.String()), nil
 		}
diff --git a/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go b/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
index 195b7912..84790b94 100644
--- a/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
+++ b/internal/collector/exchange/exchange.go
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ func NewWithFlags(app *kingpin.Application) *Collector {
 			}
 
 			sb := strings.Builder{}
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%-32s %-32s\n", "Collector Name", "[PerfID] Perflib Object"))
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "%-32s %-32s\n", "Collector Name", "[PerfID] Perflib Object")
 
 			for _, cname := range ConfigDefaults.CollectorsEnabled {
-				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%-32s %-32s\n", cname, collectorDesc[cname]))
+				_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "%-32s %-32s\n", cname, collectorDesc[cname])
 			}
 
 			app.UsageTemplate(sb.String()).Usage(nil)
diff --git a/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test.go b/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test.go
index 00ebe98e..449d5fb7 100644
--- a/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test.go
+++ b/internal/collector/textfile/textfile_test.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestDuplicateMetricEntry(t *testing.T) {
 		Metric: []*dto.Metric{&metric1, &metric2},
 	}
 
-	var duplicateFamily []*dto.MetricFamily
+	duplicateFamily := make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, 1)
 
 	duplicateFamily = append(duplicateFamily, &duplicate)
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestDuplicateMetricEntry(t *testing.T) {
 		Metric: []*dto.Metric{&metric1, &metric3},
 	}
 
-	duplicateFamily = []*dto.MetricFamily{}
+	duplicateFamily = make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, 1)
 	duplicateFamily = append(duplicateFamily, &differentLabels)
 
 	// Additional label on second metric should not be cause for duplicate detection
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func TestDuplicateMetricEntry(t *testing.T) {
 		Type:   &metric_type,
 		Metric: []*dto.Metric{&metric3, &metric4},
 	}
-	duplicateFamily = []*dto.MetricFamily{}
+	duplicateFamily = make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, 1)
 	duplicateFamily = append(duplicateFamily, &differentValues)
 
 	// Additional label with different values metric should not be cause for duplicate detection
diff --git a/internal/headers/dhcpsapi/dhcpsapi.go b/internal/headers/dhcpsapi/dhcpsapi.go
index 0f58f565..09e30379 100644
--- a/internal/headers/dhcpsapi/dhcpsapi.go
+++ b/internal/headers/dhcpsapi/dhcpsapi.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func GetDHCPV4ScopeStatistics() ([]DHCPV4Scope, error) {
 	for _, subnet := range subnets {
 		if err := (func() error {
 			var subnetInfo *DHCP_SUBNET_INFO
+
 			err := dhcpGetSubnetInfo(subnet.SubnetAddress, &subnetInfo)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get subnet info: %w", err)
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ func GetDHCPV4ScopeStatistics() ([]DHCPV4Scope, error) {
 			}
 
 			var subnetStatistics *DHCP_FAILOVER_STATISTICS
+
 			err = dhcpV4FailoverGetScopeStatistics(subnet.SubnetAddress, &subnetStatistics)
 
 			defer dhcpRpcFreeMemory(unsafe.Pointer(subnetStatistics))
diff --git a/internal/mi/types.go b/internal/mi/types.go
index 77578af6..c5eb22b0 100644
--- a/internal/mi/types.go
+++ b/internal/mi/types.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (c *ClassDecl) Properties() []*PropertyDecl {
 	// Iterate over the number of properties and fetch each property
 	for i := range c.NumProperties {
 		// Get the property pointer at index i
-		propertyPtr := *(**PropertyDecl)(unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(propertiesArray)) + uintptr(i)*unsafe.Sizeof(uintptr(0))))
+		propertyPtr := *(**PropertyDecl)(unsafe.Add(unsafe.Pointer(propertiesArray), uintptr(i)*unsafe.Sizeof(uintptr(0))))
 
 		// Append the property to the slice
 		properties[i] = propertyPtr
diff --git a/internal/utils/testutils/handle.go b/internal/utils/testutils/handle.go
index dff4182a..1d9e10ae 100644
--- a/internal/utils/testutils/handle.go
+++ b/internal/utils/testutils/handle.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
+//go:build windows
 
 package testutils