diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59cce8b..a0b8f3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import _ "github.com/bool64/dev" // Include development helpers to project.
 Add `Makefile` to your module with includes standard targets.
 
 ```Makefile
-#GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := "v2.11.3" # Optional configuration to pinpoint golangci-lint version.
+#GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := "v2.15.0" # Optional configuration to pinpoint golangci-lint version.
 
 # The head of Makefile determines location of dev-go to include standard targets.
 GO ?= go
diff --git a/makefiles/base.mk b/makefiles/base.mk
index 47a73ec..f468671 100644
--- a/makefiles/base.mk
+++ b/makefiles/base.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := "v2.11.3" # Optional configuration to pinpoint golangci-lint version.
+#GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := "v2.15.0" # Optional configuration to pinpoint golangci-lint version.
 
 # The head of Makefile determines location of dev-go to include standard targets.
 GO ?= go
diff --git a/scripts/.golangci.yml b/scripts/.golangci.yml
index 0a528da..263ce98 100644
--- a/scripts/.golangci.yml
+++ b/scripts/.golangci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ run:
 linters:
   default: all
   disable:
+    - exhaustruct_v5
     - embeddedstructfieldcheck
     - nilnil
     - noinlineerr
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index 5608e98..a27e977 100755
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 [ -z "$GO" ] && GO=go
-[ -z "$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION" ] && GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="v2.11.3"
+[ -z "$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION" ] && GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="v2.15.0"
 
 # detecting GOPATH and removing trailing "/" if any
 GOPATH="$(go env GOPATH)"
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ GOPATH=${GOPATH%/}
 # checking if golangci-lint is available
 if ! command -v golangci-lint-"$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION" >/dev/null; then
   echo "Installing golangci-lint $GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION..."
-  curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /tmp "$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION" && mv /tmp/golangci-lint "$GOPATH"/bin/golangci-lint-"$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION"
+  tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+  ver=${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION#v}
+  name=golangci-lint-$ver-$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/')
+  url=https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION
+  curl -sSfL "$url/$name.tar.gz" -o "$tmp/$name.tar.gz" &&
+    curl -sSfL "$url/golangci-lint-$ver-checksums.txt" -o "$tmp/sums" &&
+    # anchored match: checksums also list "$name.tar.gz.sbom.json" since v2.15.0
+    want=$(grep -F " $name.tar.gz" "$tmp/sums" | grep -v sbom | awk '{print $1}') &&
+    [ "$(shasum -a 256 "$tmp/$name.tar.gz" | awk '{print $1}')" = "$want" ] &&
+    tar -xzf "$tmp/$name.tar.gz" -C "$tmp" &&
+    mv "$tmp/$name/golangci-lint" "$GOPATH"/bin/golangci-lint-"$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION"
+  rm -rf "$tmp"
 fi
 
 this_path=$(dirname "$0")
diff --git a/templates/github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/templates/github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 34c9ed4..d4cb6f9 100644
--- a/templates/github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/templates/github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: stable
+          go-version: oldstable
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9.2.0
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9.3.0
         with:
-          version: v2.11.3
+          version: v2.15.0