diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 65ad99e18cfa..4ed57dbde0ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.3.1
 	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.3.1
-	github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.5
+	github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.6
 	github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0
 	github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11
 	github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e06df5d5f89c..89c53f136c30 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuy
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d/go.mod h1:rBZYJk541a8SKzHPHnH3zbiI+7dagKZ0cgpgrD7Fyho=
-github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.5 h1:fP5qLgtwbx9EJE8dGEERT02YwS8En4r9nnZ71RK+EVU=
-github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:bF5i0zF2Wo2o4X4USt9ntUWve6JbFv02Ff4vlkmS/VU=
+github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.6 h1:ME3Qef1/KIKr3kWX3nti3hhgNxw6aqN5pZmQiFSsuzQ=
+github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:l3RKju/IzOMQHmsEvXwkqMDzHHvurNQfAgE1eVmT40Q=
 github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0 h1:Hbq0/3fJPQhNkN0dR95AVrr6R7tou91y0uHG5pOcUuw=
 github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:VetnK3dIgFBBKmg0YnD9F9x6Icjd+9cvfHR56wJVlKE=
 github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11 h1:SFwnQXJ49Kx/1GghOFz1XGqHYKp21Kq1nHad/0WQRnw=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/nakedret/nakedret.go b/pkg/golinters/nakedret/nakedret.go
index 1b278872e612..1b769acd8c8d 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/nakedret/nakedret.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/nakedret/nakedret.go
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func New(settings *config.NakedretSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	var maxLines uint
+	cfg := &nakedret.NakedReturnRunner{}
+
 	if settings != nil {
-		maxLines = settings.MaxFuncLines
+		// SkipTestFiles is intentionally ignored => should be managed with `linters.exclusions.rules`.
+		cfg.MaxLength = settings.MaxFuncLines
 	}
 
-	a := nakedret.NakedReturnAnalyzer(maxLines, false)
+	a := nakedret.NakedReturnAnalyzer(cfg)
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(
 		a.Name,