diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 51a9c938fb0c..9968b5bd199a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/firefart/nonamedreturns v1.0.4
 	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0
-	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.2
+	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.9.0
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
 	github.com/golangci/check v0.0.0-20180506172741-cfe4005ccda2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a30c4cf0bd3..b770d5986ebc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0 h1:lsblElZG7d3ALtGMx9fmxeTKZaLLpU8mET09yN4BBLo=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rXPyn8fnlpa0R2csP/31uerbiVBugk5whMdlyaLkLoA=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.2 h1:mekhZ9jw5NBEj3I8o/EywXw5zBfGAJuMo4VVVjtxF80=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.2/go.mod h1:nZPlrtVfOuLOe8GpvWTfcMzfkG0QVZWAziAeXpivfQo=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.9.0 h1:Pmys9qvU3pSML/3GEQ2Xd9RZ/ip+aXHKILuxczKGV/U=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.9.0/go.mod h1:5P8tdXL7m/6qnyG6oRAlYLORvoXH0WDypYgAEmagT40=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=