diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 9424d9a..eab7f0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.23.8
+          go-version: 1.25.5
 
       - name: Cache Go modules
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
index 8af8c6b..eeeb73f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.23
+          go-version: 1.25
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run govulncheck
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           go-package: ./...
 
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
           args: --timeout=5m
-          skip-pkg-cache: true
+          skip-cache: true
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0929c26..a07f75b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/castai/spot-handler
 
-go 1.24.4
+go 1.25.5
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.6.0
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.4
 )
 
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/handler/aws_test.go b/handler/aws_test.go
index df1e103..9eb809d 100644
--- a/handler/aws_test.go
+++ b/handler/aws_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ func TestAwsInterruptChecker(t *testing.T) {
 	router.HandleFunc("/latest/api/token", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 
 		writer.Header().Set("X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds", "1000")
-		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "TOKEN")
+		_, err := fmt.Fprintf(writer, "TOKEN")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 	router.HandleFunc("/latest/meta-data/spot/instance-action", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 		action := ec2metadata.InstanceAction{