diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 3ee6287b9..5318923d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
 
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@2e788936b09dd82dc280e845628a40d2ba6b204c # v6.3.1
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@2226d7cb06a077cd73e56eedd38eecad18e5d837 # v6.5.0
         with:
           version: v1.64
 
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 45248de16..15f8b5d83 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,11 @@ issues:
 
 # Per-linter settings are contained in this top-level key
 linters-settings:
-  # Enable all rules by default; we don't use invisible unicode runes.
-  bidichk:
-
   gofmt:
     rewrite-rules:
       - pattern: 'interface{}'
         replacement: 'any'
 
-  goimports:
-
   govet:
     # Matches what we use in corp as of 2023-12-07
     enable:
@@ -78,8 +73,6 @@ linters-settings:
           # analyzer doesn't support type declarations
           #- github.com/tailscale/tailscale/types/logger.Logf
 
-  misspell:
-
   revive:
     enable-all-rules: false
     ignore-generated-header: true