diff --git a/hack/dockerfile/install/golangci_lint.installer b/hack/dockerfile/install/golangci_lint.installer
index 0043c079b9..c6f4b44d16 100755
--- a/hack/dockerfile/install/golangci_lint.installer
+++ b/hack/dockerfile/install/golangci_lint.installer
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-: "${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.44.0}"
+: "${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.46.2}"
 
 install_golangci_lint() {
 	set -e
diff --git a/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml b/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
index 3fc86963d8..f4d51891b3 100644
--- a/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/hack/validate/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ issues:
     # ID's.
     #
     # These exclusion patterns are copied from the default excluses at:
-    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v1.44.0/pkg/config/issues.go#L10-L104
+    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v1.46.2/pkg/config/issues.go#L10-L104
 
     # EXC0001
     - text: "Error return value of .((os\\.)?std(out|err)\\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked"