diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
index a0559388d403..5accd9f593e5 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/migrate_linters_settings.go
@@ -789,10 +789,32 @@ func toSpancheckSettings(old versionone.SpancheckSettings) versiontwo.SpancheckS
 }
 
 func toStaticCheckSettings(old versionone.LintersSettings) versiontwo.StaticCheckSettings {
-	checks := slices.Concat(old.Staticcheck.Checks, old.Stylecheck.Checks, old.Gosimple.Checks)
+	var checks []string
+
+	for _, check := range slices.Concat(old.Staticcheck.Checks, old.Stylecheck.Checks, old.Gosimple.Checks) {
+		if check == "*" {
+			checks = append(checks, "all")
+			continue
+		}
+		checks = append(checks, check)
+	}
+
+	checks = Unique(checks)
+
+	slices.SortFunc(checks, func(a, b string) int {
+		if a == "all" {
+			return -1
+		}
+
+		if b == "all" {
+			return 1
+		}
+
+		return strings.Compare(a, b)
+	})
 
 	return versiontwo.StaticCheckSettings{
-		Checks:                  Unique(checks),
+		Checks:                  checks,
 		Initialisms:             old.Stylecheck.Initialisms,
 		DotImportWhitelist:      old.Stylecheck.DotImportWhitelist,
 		HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist: old.Stylecheck.HTTPStatusCodeWhitelist,
diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.golden.yml b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.golden.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..229a095f01f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.golden.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+version: "2"
+linters:
+  settings:
+    staticcheck:
+      checks:
+        - all
+        - -S1000
+        - -S1001
+        - -S1002
+        - -SA1000
+        - -SA1001
+        - -SA1002
+        - -ST1000
+        - -ST1001
+        - -ST1003
+        - S1003
+        - S1004
+        - S1005
+        - S1006
+        - S1007
+        - S1008
+        - S1009
+        - S1010
+        - S1011
+        - S1012
+        - S1016
+        - S1017
+        - S1018
+        - S1019
+        - S1020
+        - S1021
+        - S1023
+        - S1024
+        - S1025
+        - S1028
+        - S1029
+        - S1030
+        - S1031
+        - S1032
+        - S1033
+        - S1034
+        - S1035
+        - S1036
+        - S1037
+        - S1038
+        - S1039
+        - S1040
+        - SA1003
+        - SA1004
+        - SA1005
+        - SA1006
+        - SA1007
+        - SA1008
+        - SA1010
+        - SA1011
+        - SA1012
+        - SA1013
+        - SA1014
+        - SA1015
+        - SA1016
+        - SA1017
+        - SA1018
+        - SA1019
+        - SA1020
+        - SA1021
+        - SA1023
+        - SA1024
+        - SA1025
+        - SA1026
+        - SA1027
+        - SA1028
+        - SA1029
+        - SA1030
+        - SA1031
+        - SA1032
+        - SA2000
+        - SA2001
+        - SA2002
+        - SA2003
+        - SA3000
+        - SA3001
+        - SA4000
+        - SA4001
+        - SA4003
+        - SA4004
+        - SA4005
+        - SA4006
+        - SA4008
+        - SA4009
+        - SA4010
+        - SA4011
+        - SA4012
+        - SA4013
+        - SA4014
+        - SA4015
+        - SA4016
+        - SA4017
+        - SA4018
+        - SA4019
+        - SA4020
+        - SA4021
+        - SA4022
+        - SA4023
+        - SA4024
+        - SA4025
+        - SA4026
+        - SA4027
+        - SA4028
+        - SA4029
+        - SA4030
+        - SA4031
+        - SA4032
+        - SA5000
+        - SA5001
+        - SA5002
+        - SA5003
+        - SA5004
+        - SA5005
+        - SA5007
+        - SA5008
+        - SA5009
+        - SA5010
+        - SA5011
+        - SA5012
+        - SA6000
+        - SA6001
+        - SA6002
+        - SA6003
+        - SA6005
+        - SA6006
+        - SA9001
+        - SA9002
+        - SA9003
+        - SA9004
+        - SA9005
+        - SA9006
+        - SA9007
+        - SA9008
+        - SA9009
+        - ST1005
+        - ST1006
+        - ST1008
+        - ST1011
+        - ST1012
+        - ST1013
+        - ST1015
+        - ST1016
+        - ST1017
+        - ST1018
+        - ST1019
+        - ST1020
+        - ST1021
+        - ST1022
+        - ST1023
+      initialisms:
+        - ACL
+        - API
+        - ASCII
+        - CPU
+        - CSS
+        - DNS
+        - EOF
+        - GUID
+        - HTML
+        - HTTP
+        - HTTPS
+        - ID
+        - IP
+        - JSON
+        - QPS
+        - RAM
+        - RPC
+        - SLA
+        - SMTP
+        - SQL
+        - SSH
+        - TCP
+        - TLS
+        - TTL
+        - UDP
+        - UI
+        - GID
+        - UID
+        - UUID
+        - URI
+        - URL
+        - UTF8
+        - VM
+        - XML
+        - XMPP
+        - XSRF
+        - XSS
+        - SIP
+        - RTP
+        - AMQP
+        - DB
+        - TS
+      dot-import-whitelist:
+        - fmt
+      http-status-code-whitelist:
+        - "200"
+        - "400"
+        - "404"
+        - "500"
diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.yml b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d9fe3cbbfc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/testdata/yaml/linters-settings_staticcheck_merge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+issues:
+  # Only to not generate unrelated elements inside golden.
+  exclude-use-default: false
+  # Only to not generate unrelated elements inside golden.
+  exclude-generated: strict
+  # Only to not generate unrelated elements inside golden.
+  exclude-dirs-use-default: false
+
+linters-settings:
+  staticcheck:
+    checks:
+      - all
+      - '-SA1000'
+      - '-SA1001'
+      - '-SA1002'
+      - SA1003
+      - SA1004
+      - SA1005
+      - SA1006
+      - SA1007
+      - SA1008
+      - SA1010
+      - SA1011
+      - SA1012
+      - SA1013
+      - SA1014
+      - SA1015
+      - SA1016
+      - SA1017
+      - SA1018
+      - SA1019
+      - SA1020
+      - SA1021
+      - SA1023
+      - SA1024
+      - SA1025
+      - SA1026
+      - SA1027
+      - SA1028
+      - SA1029
+      - SA1030
+      - SA1031
+      - SA1032
+      - SA2000
+      - SA2001
+      - SA2002
+      - SA2003
+      - SA3000
+      - SA3001
+      - SA4000
+      - SA4001
+      - SA4003
+      - SA4004
+      - SA4005
+      - SA4006
+      - SA4008
+      - SA4009
+      - SA4010
+      - SA4011
+      - SA4012
+      - SA4013
+      - SA4014
+      - SA4015
+      - SA4016
+      - SA4017
+      - SA4018
+      - SA4019
+      - SA4020
+      - SA4021
+      - SA4022
+      - SA4023
+      - SA4024
+      - SA4025
+      - SA4026
+      - SA4027
+      - SA4028
+      - SA4029
+      - SA4030
+      - SA4031
+      - SA4032
+      - SA5000
+      - SA5001
+      - SA5002
+      - SA5003
+      - SA5004
+      - SA5005
+      - SA5007
+      - SA5008
+      - SA5009
+      - SA5010
+      - SA5011
+      - SA5012
+      - SA6000
+      - SA6001
+      - SA6002
+      - SA6003
+      - SA6005
+      - SA6006
+      - SA9001
+      - SA9002
+      - SA9003
+      - SA9004
+      - SA9005
+      - SA9006
+      - SA9007
+      - SA9008
+      - SA9009
+
+  gosimple:
+    checks:
+      - '*'
+      - '-S1000'
+      - '-S1001'
+      - '-S1002'
+      - S1003
+      - S1004
+      - S1005
+      - S1006
+      - S1007
+      - S1008
+      - S1009
+      - S1010
+      - S1011
+      - S1012
+      - S1016
+      - S1017
+      - S1018
+      - S1019
+      - S1020
+      - S1021
+      - S1023
+      - S1024
+      - S1025
+      - S1028
+      - S1029
+      - S1030
+      - S1031
+      - S1032
+      - S1033
+      - S1034
+      - S1035
+      - S1036
+      - S1037
+      - S1038
+      - S1039
+      - S1040
+
+  stylecheck:
+    dot-import-whitelist:
+      - fmt
+    initialisms: [ "ACL", "API", "ASCII", "CPU", "CSS", "DNS", "EOF", "GUID", "HTML", "HTTP", "HTTPS", "ID", "IP", "JSON", "QPS", "RAM", "RPC", "SLA", "SMTP", "SQL", "SSH", "TCP", "TLS", "TTL", "UDP", "UI", "GID", "UID", "UUID", "URI", "URL", "UTF8", "VM", "XML", "XMPP", "XSRF", "XSS", "SIP", "RTP", "AMQP", "DB", "TS" ]
+    http-status-code-whitelist: [ "200", "400", "404", "500" ]
+    checks:
+      - all
+      - '-ST1000'
+      - '-ST1001'
+      - '-ST1003'
+      - ST1005
+      - ST1006
+      - ST1008
+      - ST1011
+      - ST1012
+      - ST1013
+      - ST1015
+      - ST1016
+      - ST1017
+      - ST1018
+      - ST1019
+      - ST1020
+      - ST1021
+      - ST1022
+      - ST1023