diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index 027e5f8466..57104ea3af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: '1.25'
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v2.8.0
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v2.10.1
   MISSPELL_VERSION: v0.7.0
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index a0fcc0112a..7dd5763bea 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ linters:
         text: 'var-naming: avoid meaningless package names'
         linters:
           - revive
-      - path: (pkg/muxer/http/.+|pkg/provider/http/.+)\.go
+      - path: ((cmd|pkg)/version/.*|pkg/config/runtime/.*|pkg/log/.*|pkg/(middlewares/)?metrics/.*|pkg/muxer/http/.+|pkg/provider/http/.+|pkg/tls/.+)\.go
         text: 'var-naming: avoid package names that conflict with Go standard library package names'
         linters:
           - revive
diff --git a/cmd/internal/gen/centrifuge.go b/cmd/internal/gen/centrifuge.go
index 2c0f6e6349..5e363d280d 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/gen/centrifuge.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/gen/centrifuge.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c Centrifuge) run(sc *types.Scope, rootPkg string, pkgName string) map[str
 
 func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string, elt *File) string {
 	b := strings.Builder{}
-	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("type %s struct {\n", name))
+	fmt.Fprintf(&b, "type %s struct {\n", name)
 
 	for i := range obj.NumFields() {
 		field := obj.Field(i)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string,
 		fType := c.TypeCleaner(field.Type(), rootPkg)
 
 		if field.Embedded() {
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t%s\n", fType))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\t%s\n", fType)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ func (c Centrifuge) writeStruct(name string, obj *types.Struct, rootPkg string,
 			continue
 		}
 
-		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t%s %s", field.Name(), fType))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\t%s %s", field.Name(), fType)
 
 		if ok {
-			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" `json:\"%s\"`", strings.Join(values, ",")))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, " `json:\"%s\"`", strings.Join(values, ","))
 		}
 
 		b.WriteString("\n")
diff --git a/internal/gendoc.go b/internal/gendoc.go
index 116040b1e8..83e142a5e3 100644
--- a/internal/gendoc.go
+++ b/internal/gendoc.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ THIS FILE MUST NOT BE EDITED BY HAND
 	}
 
 	if w.err != nil {
-		logger.Fatal(err)
+		logger.Fatal(w.err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/provider/acme/local_store_windows.go b/pkg/provider/acme/local_store_windows.go
index 747618eb8b..63a903b979 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/acme/local_store_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/acme/local_store_windows.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package acme
 import "os"
 
 // CheckFile checks file content size
-// Do not check file permissions on Windows right now
+// Do not check file permissions on Windows right now.
 func CheckFile(name string) (bool, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(name)
 	if err != nil {