diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 051d5e716f6..105b33e71c7 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version: "2"
 run:
   build-tags:
     - integration
+  allow-parallel-runners: true
 linters:
   enable:
     - canonicalheader
diff --git a/script/setup-custom-gcl.sh b/script/setup-custom-gcl.sh
index e4f1cc81725..54afe584239 100755
--- a/script/setup-custom-gcl.sh
+++ b/script/setup-custom-gcl.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="2.7.0"
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="2.9.0"
 
 # should in sync with fmt.sh and lint.sh
 BIN="$(pwd -P)"/bin