diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 5336a0f..7bb1f4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24.2'
+          go-version: '1.25'
           check-latest: true
       
       - name: Install libraries for ubuntu
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.24.2'
+          go-version: '1.25'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Install libraries for ubuntu
         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
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 430a495..59014d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Miscellanous utilities for the @SwissDataScienceCenter/renku team.
 
 ## Installation
 
-Installing `renku-dev-utils` requires go version `>= v1.24.1` and `make`.
+Installing `renku-dev-utils` requires go version `>= v1.25` and `make`.
 
 ```bash
 make rdu
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6e42578..1085d43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-dev-utils
 
-go 1.24.2
+go 1.25.4
 
 tool github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2/cmd/oapi-codegen