diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index af80f3723..cc07455e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
-          version: v1.45.2
+          version: latest
 
           # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
           # working-directory: somedir
 
           # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
-          args: --modules-download-mode=vendor --timeout=3m
+          args: --modules-download-mode=vendor --timeout=5m
 
           # Optional: show only new issues if it's a pull request. The default value is `false`.
           # only-new-issues: true
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0fb188a5c..43f7324a0 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 # options for analysis running
 run:
-  timeout: 3m
+  timeout: 5m
   modules-download-mode: vendor
 
 linters:
   disable-all: true
   enable:
     # Default set of linters from golangci-lint
-    - deadcode
     - errcheck
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
     - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
     - typecheck
     - unused
-    - varcheck
     # Linters added by the stash project.
     # - contextcheck
     - dogsled
diff --git a/internal/desktop/desktop.go b/internal/desktop/desktop.go
index fc9b9b8f5..91d87ac10 100644
--- a/internal/desktop/desktop.go
+++ b/internal/desktop/desktop.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package desktop
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func writeStashIcon(faviconProvider FaviconProvider) {
 	c := config.GetInstance()
 	if !c.IsNewSystem() {
 		iconPath := path.Join(c.GetConfigPath(), "icon.png")
-		err := ioutil.WriteFile(iconPath, faviconProvider.GetFaviconPng(), 0644)
+		err := os.WriteFile(iconPath, faviconProvider.GetFaviconPng(), 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Errorf("Couldn't write icon file: %s", err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/internal/desktop/desktop_platform_nixes.go b/internal/desktop/desktop_platform_nixes.go
index 8c0a7493d..082eef17e 100644
--- a/internal/desktop/desktop_platform_nixes.go
+++ b/internal/desktop/desktop_platform_nixes.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package desktop
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ func isService() bool {
 
 func isServerDockerized() bool {
 	_, dockerEnvErr := os.Stat("/.dockerenv")
-	cgroups, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("/proc/self/cgroup")
+	cgroups, _ := os.ReadFile("/proc/self/cgroup")
 	if !os.IsNotExist(dockerEnvErr) || strings.Contains(string(cgroups), "docker") {
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/internal/manager/config/config.go b/internal/manager/config/config.go
index 71847608e..8b3725080 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/config.go
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ func (i *Instance) GetNotificationsEnabled() bool {
 
 // GetShowOneTimeMovedNotification shows whether a small notification to inform the user that Stash
 // will no longer show a terminal window, and instead will be available in the tray, should be shown.
-//  It is true when an existing system is started after upgrading, and set to false forever after it is shown.
+//
+//	It is true when an existing system is started after upgrading, and set to false forever after it is shown.
 func (i *Instance) GetShowOneTimeMovedNotification() bool {
 	return i.getBool(ShowOneTimeMovedNotification)
 }
diff --git a/internal/manager/config/map.go b/internal/manager/config/map.go
index c75003adc..3394d7040 100644
--- a/internal/manager/config/map.go
+++ b/internal/manager/config/map.go
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ func toSnakeCase(v string) string {
 
 func fromSnakeCase(v string) string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	cap := false
+	capvar := false
 	for i, c := range v {
 		switch {
 		case c == '_' && i > 0:
-			cap = true
-		case cap:
+			capvar = true
+		case capvar:
 			buf.WriteRune(unicode.ToUpper(c))
-			cap = false
+			capvar = false
 		default:
 			buf.WriteRune(c)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/manager/filename_parser.go b/internal/manager/filename_parser.go
index 41428696f..e82cfa1ed 100644
--- a/internal/manager/filename_parser.go
+++ b/internal/manager/filename_parser.go
@@ -487,9 +487,7 @@ func (p *SceneFilenameParser) parseScenes(repo models.ReaderRepository, scenes [
 			}
 			p.setParserResult(repo, *sceneHolder, r)
 
-			if r != nil {
-				ret = append(ret, r)
-			}
+			ret = append(ret, r)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/manager/generator_interactive_heatmap_speed.go b/internal/manager/generator_interactive_heatmap_speed.go
index 0b789c870..a7da933fc 100644
--- a/internal/manager/generator_interactive_heatmap_speed.go
+++ b/internal/manager/generator_interactive_heatmap_speed.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"image"
 	"image/draw"
 	"image/png"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ func (g *InteractiveHeatmapSpeedGenerator) Generate() error {
 }
 
 func (g *InteractiveHeatmapSpeedGenerator) LoadFunscriptData(path string) (Script, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Script{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/manager/manager.go b/internal/manager/manager.go
index 3b1a64fd6..ae7655d54 100644
--- a/internal/manager/manager.go
+++ b/internal/manager/manager.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime/pprof"
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ func writeStashIcon() {
 	}
 
 	iconPath := filepath.Join(instance.Config.GetConfigPath(), "icon.png")
-	err := ioutil.WriteFile(iconPath, p.GetFaviconPng(), 0644)
+	err := os.WriteFile(iconPath, p.GetFaviconPng(), 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Couldn't write icon file: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scene/migrate_hash.go b/pkg/scene/migrate_hash.go
index e63654bf7..7f39d5370 100644
--- a/pkg/scene/migrate_hash.go
+++ b/pkg/scene/migrate_hash.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package scene
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func migrateSceneFiles(oldName, newName string) {
 
 // #2481: migrate vtt file contents in addition to renaming
 func migrateVttFile(vttPath, oldSpritePath, newSpritePath string) {
-	contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(vttPath)
+	contents, err := os.ReadFile(vttPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Error reading %s for vtt migration: %v", vttPath, err)
 		return
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func migrateVttFile(vttPath, oldSpritePath, newSpritePath string) {
 
 	contents = bytes.ReplaceAll(contents, []byte(oldSpriteBasename), []byte(newSpriteBasename))
 
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(vttPath, contents, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(vttPath, contents, 0644); err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Error writing %s for vtt migration: %v", vttPath, err)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scraper/stashbox/stash_box.go b/pkg/scraper/stashbox/stash_box.go
index 8470505d8..abcadc0f2 100644
--- a/pkg/scraper/stashbox/stash_box.go
+++ b/pkg/scraper/stashbox/stash_box.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -1042,7 +1041,7 @@ func (c *Client) submitDraft(ctx context.Context, query string, input interface{
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	responseBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	responseBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite/filter.go b/pkg/sqlite/filter.go
index e27690eb9..79af98efd 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlite/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlite/filter.go
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ func (f *filterBuilder) addWith(sql string, args ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 // addRecursiveWith adds a with clause and arguments to the filter, and sets it to recursive
+//
 //nolint:unused
 func (f *filterBuilder) addRecursiveWith(sql string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if sql == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/strings.go b/pkg/utils/strings.go
index 6df220d40..02e1fe67b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/strings.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/strings.go
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ type StrFormatMap map[string]interface{}
 // StrFormatMap.
 //
 // For example,
-// StrFormat("{foo} bar {baz}", StrFormatMap{
-//     "foo": "bar",
-//     "baz": "abc",
-// })
+//
+//	StrFormat("{foo} bar {baz}", StrFormatMap{
+//	    "foo": "bar",
+//	    "baz": "abc",
+//	})
 //
 // would return: "bar bar abc"
 func StrFormat(format string, m StrFormatMap) string {