diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b381d3a..55cbe24d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ ${RESOURCE_FILE}: ./dist/info.rc ./dist/${SRC_ICO} .FORCE
 
 ## Dev dependencies
 .PHONY: install-devel-tools install-linter install-go-mod-outdated install-git-hooks
-LINTVER:="v1.52.2"
+LINTVER:="v1.55.2"
 LINTSRC:="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh"
 
 install-dev-dependencies: install-devel-tools install-linter install-go-mod-outdated
diff --git a/internal/versioner/version.go b/internal/versioner/version.go
index bfd3b149..88c85e48 100644
--- a/internal/versioner/version.go
+++ b/internal/versioner/version.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const sumFile = ".sum"
+const sigFile = ".sig"
 
 type Version struct {
 	version *semver.Version
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func VerifyUpdateFolder(kr *crypto.KeyRing, path string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	sigBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, sumFile+".sig")) //nolint:gosec
+	sigBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, sumFile+sigFile)) //nolint:gosec
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/versioner/version_test.go b/internal/versioner/version_test.go
index cf839852..869b6e9c 100644
--- a/internal/versioner/version_test.go
+++ b/internal/versioner/version_test.go
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@ func signFile(t *testing.T, path string, kr *crypto.KeyRing) {
 
 	sig, err := kr.SignDetached(crypto.NewPlainMessage(file))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path+".sig", sig.GetBinary(), 0o700))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path+sigFile, sig.GetBinary(), 0o700))
 }
diff --git a/internal/versioner/versioner_test.go b/internal/versioner/versioner_test.go
index f5ae301e..6bf92c72 100644
--- a/internal/versioner/versioner_test.go
+++ b/internal/versioner/versioner_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func makeDummyVersionDirectory(t *testing.T, exeName, updates, version string) s
 	require.NoError(t, exe.Close())
 	require.NoError(t, os.Chmod(exe.Name(), 0o700))
 
-	sig, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(target, getExeName(exeName)+".sig"))
+	sig, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(target, getExeName(exeName)+sigFile))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotNil(t, sig)
 	require.NoError(t, sig.Close())
diff --git a/tests/collector_test.go b/tests/collector_test.go
index c1a56395..1eb74213 100644
--- a/tests/collector_test.go
+++ b/tests/collector_test.go
@@ -63,13 +63,17 @@ func (c *eventCollector) collectFrom(eventCh <-chan events.Event) <-chan events.
 }
 
 func awaitType[T events.Event](c *eventCollector, ofType T, timeout time.Duration) (T, bool) {
-	if event := c.await(ofType, timeout); event == nil {
+	event := c.await(ofType, timeout)
+
+	if event == nil {
 		return *new(T), false //nolint:gocritic
-	} else if event, ok := event.(T); !ok {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected event type %T", event))
-	} else {
-		return event, true
 	}
+
+	if eventT, ok := event.(T); !ok {
+		return eventT, true
+	}
+
+	panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected event type %T", event))
 }
 
 func (c *eventCollector) await(ofType events.Event, timeout time.Duration) events.Event {