diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 5336a0f..0a645c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt install libx11-dev
       
-      - name: golangci-lint
+      - name: Run golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
-          version: v2.1
+          version: v2.6
diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef94577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## Linting
+
+Developers need to manually install `golangci-lint`.
+See: https://golangci-lint.run/docs/welcome/install/.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d332fcc..d2fa16e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ check-format:  ## Check that sources are correctly formatted
 check-vet:  ## Check source files with `go vet`
 	go vet ./...
 
+.PHONY: lint
+lint:  ## Lint source files with `golangci-lint run`
+	golangci-lint run
+
 ##@ Code generation
 
 .PHONY: renku-users-apispec
@@ -80,8 +84,6 @@ renku-users-apispec:  ## Download the "users" API spec
 .PHONY: renku-session-apispec
 renku-session-apispec:  ## Download the "session" API spec
 	curl -L -o pkg/renkuapi/session/api.spec.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-data-services/refs/heads/main/components/renku_data_services/session/api.spec.yaml
-	# sed -e 's/- default: "general"//g' pkg/renkuapi/users/api.spec.yaml > pkg/renkuapi/users/api.spec.new.yaml
-	# mv pkg/renkuapi/users/api.spec.new.yaml pkg/renkuapi/users/api.spec.yaml
 
 .PHONY: generate
 generate: pkg/renkuapi/users/users_gen.go pkg/renkuapi/session/session_gen.go  ## Run go generate