diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a6112c01c4..def0bc5aef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BUILDTAGS += ${EXTRA_BUILDTAGS}
 # N/B: This value is managed by Renovate, manual changes are
 # possible, as long as they don't disturb the formatting
 # (i.e. DO NOT ADD A 'v' prefix!)
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 2.9.0
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 2.10.1
 PYTHON ?= $(shell command -v python3 python|head -n1)
 PKG_MANAGER ?= $(shell command -v dnf yum|head -n1)
 # ~/.local/bin is not in PATH on all systems
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
index 8ef84f0cbc..bb80700d69 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) createRootlessContainer(ctr *Container, restoreOption
 				var parentMount string
 				for dir := filepath.Dir(rootPath); ; dir = filepath.Dir(dir) {
 					if m, found := byMountpoint[dir]; found {
-						//nolint:staticcheck // false positive?! it claims the value of parentMount is not used but we use it below for the mount
 						parentMount = dir
 						for o := range strings.SplitSeq(m.Optional, ",") {
 							opt := strings.Split(o, ":")