diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index c68240ca45..b00ea8b196 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@971e284b6050e8a5849b72094c50ab08da042db8 # tag=v6.1.1
         with:
-          version: v1.61.0
+          version: v1.63.4
           args: --out-format=colored-line-number
           working-directory: ${{matrix.working-directory}}
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 7cb910fb85..0f2e50c915 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ issues:
         - unused
       # Seems to incorrectly trigger on the two implementations that are only
       # used through an interface and not directly..?
+      # Likely same issue as https://github.com/dominikh/go-tools/issues/1616
       path: pkg/controller/priorityqueue/metrics\.go
 
 run:
diff --git a/pkg/client/fake/client.go b/pkg/client/fake/client.go
index 0c4300d548..69bc3d66db 100644
--- a/pkg/client/fake/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/fake/client.go
@@ -1050,19 +1050,19 @@ func dryPatch(action testing.PatchActionImpl, tracker testing.ObjectTracker) (ru
 }
 
 // copyStatusFrom copies the status from old into new
-func copyStatusFrom(old, new runtime.Object) error {
+func copyStatusFrom(old, n runtime.Object) error {
 	oldMapStringAny, err := toMapStringAny(old)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert old to *unstructured.Unstructured: %w", err)
 	}
-	newMapStringAny, err := toMapStringAny(new)
+	newMapStringAny, err := toMapStringAny(n)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert new to *unststructured.Unstructured: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	newMapStringAny["status"] = oldMapStringAny["status"]
 
-	if err := fromMapStringAny(newMapStringAny, new); err != nil {
+	if err := fromMapStringAny(newMapStringAny, n); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert back from map[string]any: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -1070,12 +1070,12 @@ func copyStatusFrom(old, new runtime.Object) error {
 }
 
 // copyFrom copies from old into new
-func copyFrom(old, new runtime.Object) error {
+func copyFrom(old, n runtime.Object) error {
 	oldMapStringAny, err := toMapStringAny(old)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert old to *unstructured.Unstructured: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := fromMapStringAny(oldMapStringAny, new); err != nil {
+	if err := fromMapStringAny(oldMapStringAny, n); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert back from map[string]any: %w", err)
 	}