diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 756bf94..203cf33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: stable
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
         with:
-          version: v1.64.5
+          version: v2.0.2
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/cache.go b/pkg/cdi/cache.go
index 7095f27..ba817a5 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/cache.go
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (w *watch) stop() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	w.watcher.Close()
+	_ = w.watcher.Close()
 	w.tracked = nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/cache_linux_test.go b/pkg/cdi/cache_linux_test.go
index 9eda4bd..b78f413 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/cache_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/cache_linux_test.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (em *emfile) undo() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, fd := range em.fds {
-		syscall.Close(fd)
+		_ = syscall.Close(fd)
 	}
 	em.undone = true
 
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/cache_test.go b/pkg/cdi/cache_test.go
index 594785d..951848a 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/cache_test.go
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ func updateSpecDirs(dir string, etc, run map[string]string) error {
 		path := filepath.Join(dir, sub)
 		for name, data := range entries {
 			if data == "remove" {
-				os.Remove(filepath.Join(path, name))
+				_ = os.Remove(filepath.Join(path, name))
 			} else {
 				updates[sub][name] = data
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/regressions_test.go b/pkg/cdi/regressions_test.go
index e080eb8..ba2880e 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/regressions_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/regressions_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ containerEdits:
 
 			cdiDir, err := writeFilesToTempDir("containerd-test-CDI-injections-", test.cdiSpecFiles)
 			if cdiDir != "" {
-				defer os.RemoveAll(cdiDir)
+				defer func() {
+					_ = os.RemoveAll(cdiDir)
+				}()
 			}
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/spec-dirs_test.go b/pkg/cdi/spec-dirs_test.go
index 5739fee..c4bf881 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/spec-dirs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/spec-dirs_test.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func mkTestDir(t *testing.T, dirs map[string]map[string]string) (string, error)
 	}
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+		_ = os.RemoveAll(tmp)
 	})
 
 	if err = updateTestDir(tmp, dirs); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/spec.go b/pkg/cdi/spec.go
index 8d295a8..fdaa268 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/spec.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *Spec) write(overwrite bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create Spec file: %w", err)
 	}
 	_, err = tmp.Write(data)
-	tmp.Close()
+	_ = tmp.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write Spec file: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (s *Spec) write(overwrite bool) error {
 	err = renameIn(dir, filepath.Base(tmp.Name()), filepath.Base(s.path), overwrite)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		os.Remove(tmp.Name())
+		_ = os.Remove(tmp.Name())
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to write Spec file: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/spec_linux.go b/pkg/cdi/spec_linux.go
index 9ad2739..88fd9bb 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/spec_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/spec_linux.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ func renameIn(dir, src, dst string, overwrite bool) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rename failed: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer dirf.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		_ = dirf.Close()
+	}()
 
 	if !overwrite {
 		flags = unix.RENAME_NOREPLACE
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/spec_test.go b/pkg/cdi/spec_test.go
index 89028ac..1bc339e 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/spec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/spec_test.go
@@ -504,10 +504,10 @@ func mkTestSpec(t *testing.T, data []byte) (string, error) {
 
 	file := tmp.Name()
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		os.Remove(file)
+		_ = os.Remove(file)
 	})
 
-	tmp.Close()
+	_ = tmp.Close()
 	return file, nil
 }