diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 9e7544e..bf1ad4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
+          go-version: 1.22.x
           cache: false # golangci-lint-action does its own caching
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.54
+          version: v1.56
 
   codespell:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
+          go-version: 1.22.x
           cache: false # golangci-lint-action does its own caching
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.54
+          version: v1.56
       - name: test-stubs
         run: make test
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.19.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x]
+        go-version: [1.21.x, 1.22.x]
         race: ["-race", ""]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
diff --git a/pkg/pwalk/pwalk_test.go b/pkg/pwalk/pwalk_test.go
index b026681..66f6def 100644
--- a/pkg/pwalk/pwalk_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pwalk/pwalk_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestWalkDirManyErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	max := uint32(total / 2)
 	e42 := errors.New("42")
 	err := Walk(dir,
-		func(p string, i os.FileInfo, _ error) error {
+		func(_ string, _ os.FileInfo, _ error) error {
 			if atomic.AddUint32(&count, 1) > max {
 				return e42
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/pwalkdir/pwalkdir_test.go b/pkg/pwalkdir/pwalkdir_test.go
index 0096638..35e7655 100644
--- a/pkg/pwalkdir/pwalkdir_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pwalkdir/pwalkdir_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestWalkDirManyErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	max := uint32(total / 2)
 	e42 := errors.New("42")
 	err := Walk(dir,
-		func(p string, e fs.DirEntry, _ error) error {
+		func(_ string, _ fs.DirEntry, _ error) error {
 			if atomic.AddUint32(&count, 1) > max {
 				return e42
 			}