diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 36eb47d..da677b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: golangci-lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
       with:
-        version: v1.57
+        version: v1.59
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e6a457..6cc22ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ GOIMPORTS ?= $(LOCALBIN)/goimports-$(GOIMPORTS_VERSION)
 
 ## Tool Versions
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v5.3.0
-CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.14.0
+CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.15.0
 ENVTEST_VERSION ?= latest
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.57.2
-GOIMPORTS_VERSION ?= v0.20.0
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.59.1
+GOIMPORTS_VERSION ?= v0.22.0
 
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 13911fa..73bcaec 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ import (
 // Run e2e tests using the Ginkgo runner.
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Starting metal-operator suite\n")
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Starting metal-operator suite\n")
 	RunSpecs(t, "e2e suite")
 }
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
index 7363aa5..72d9b6e 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func warnError(err error) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "warning: %v\n", err)
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "warning: %v\n", err)
 }
 
 // InstallPrometheusOperator installs the prometheus Operator to be used to export the enabled metrics.
@@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) ([]byte, error) {
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 
 	if err := os.Chdir(cmd.Dir); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "chdir dir: %s\n", err)
+		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "chdir dir: %s\n", err); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GO111MODULE=on")
 	command := strings.Join(cmd.Args, " ")
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command)
+	if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
+	}
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return output, fmt.Errorf("%s failed with error: (%v) %s", command, err, string(output))