diff --git a/.github/workflows/container_description.yml b/.github/workflows/container_description.yml
index c7c7ac77..7de8bb8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container_description.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container_description.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'prometheus' || github.repository_owner == 'prometheus-community' # Don't run this workflow on forks.
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set docker hub repo name
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'prometheus' || github.repository_owner == 'prometheus-community' # Don't run this workflow on forks.
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set quay.io org name
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index e599756c..75f886d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.x
+          go-version: 1.25.x
       - name: Install snmp_exporter/generator dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
         if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'
+      - name: Get golangci-lint version
+        id: golangci-lint-version
+        run: echo "version=$(make print-golangci-lint-version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1481404843c368bc19ca9406f87d6e0fc97bdcfd # v7.0.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4afd733a84b1f43292c63897423277bb7f4313a9 # v8.0.0
         with:
           args: --verbose
-          version: v2.1.5
+          version: ${{ steps.golangci-lint-version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 6f61bec4..6762d0f8 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_
 SKIP_GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.1.5
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.4.0
 GOLANGCI_FMT_OPTS ?=
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64/arm64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ $(GOLANGCI_LINT):
 		| sh -s -- -b $(FIRST_GOPATH)/bin $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
 endif
 
+.PHONY: common-print-golangci-lint-version
+common-print-golangci-lint-version:
+	@echo $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
+
 .PHONY: precheck
 precheck::