diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index 635e508b7..e780896b8 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.23.0
 require (
 	github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
-	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.5
+	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.6
 	github.com/jcchavezs/porto v0.7.0
 	github.com/wadey/gocovmerge v0.0.0-20160331181800-b5bfa59ec0ad
 	go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink v0.23.1
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.sum b/internal/tools/go.sum
index 154de8687..b368fb942 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ github.com/golangci/go-printf-func-name v0.1.0 h1:dVokQP+NMTO7jwO4bwsRwLWeudOVUP
 github.com/golangci/go-printf-func-name v0.1.0/go.mod h1:wqhWFH5mUdJQhweRnldEywnR5021wTdZSNgwYceV14s=
 github.com/golangci/gofmt v0.0.0-20250413222143-f2e10e00591b h1:Aa2SLCpcFsO9PI39l00IkHCP79z/D9gk3EwZBoJGv1k=
 github.com/golangci/gofmt v0.0.0-20250413222143-f2e10e00591b/go.mod h1:ivJ9QDg0XucIkmwhzCDsqcnxxlDStoTl89jDMIoNxKY=
-github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.5 h1:zDcxV8s7kgQW3cpQiVA633CZJnKN/0iEXibPDWO8sZo=
-github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.5/go.mod h1:RGcjZLyl9fSVLqxdKMrknPlspC3TYETLoKXyRG06RDo=
+github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.6 h1:LXqShFfAGM5BDzEOWD2SL1IzJAgUOqES/HRBsfKjI+w=
+github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.1.6/go.mod h1:EPj+fgv4TeeBq3TcqaKZb3vkiV5dP4hHHKhXhEhzci8=
 github.com/golangci/golines v0.0.0-20250217232252-b35a6149b587 h1:RXtAfHDBWAv49/t94l3j9Iqvy6eXL/nm56EejqrZuQc=
 github.com/golangci/golines v0.0.0-20250217232252-b35a6149b587/go.mod h1:k9mmcyWKSTMcPPvQUCfRWWQ9VHJ1U9Dc0R7kaXAgtnQ=
 github.com/golangci/misspell v0.6.0 h1:JCle2HUTNWirNlDIAUO44hUsKhOFqGPoC4LZxlaSXDs=