diff --git a/.custom-gcl.yaml b/.custom-gcl.yaml
index 5c6132b05..de61a5d66 100644
--- a/.custom-gcl.yaml
+++ b/.custom-gcl.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-version: v2.5.0
+version: v2.6.0
 name: golangci-kube-api-linter
 destination: ./tmp/bin/
 plugins:
 - module: 'sigs.k8s.io/kube-api-linter'
-  version: v0.0.0-20250902135116-ef33eac3b92b
+  version: v0.0.0-20251112164541-d94382a24f06
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9ba37e661..6a6de721d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ linters:
     - godoclint
     - iface
     - iotamixing
+    - modernize
     - nilnesserr
     - recvcheck
     - revive
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ linters:
       exclude-functions:
         # Any error in HTTP handlers is handled by the server itself.
         - (net/http.ResponseWriter).Write
+    modernize:
+      disable:
+        - omitzero
   exclusions:
     generated: strict
     presets:
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index e41758d59..e21b067e4 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func NewFakeRecorder(bufferSize int, related runtime.Object) *EventRecorder {
 }
 
 // Eventf records a Kubernetes event.
-func (er *EventRecorder) Eventf(regarding runtime.Object, eventtype, reason, action, note string, args ...interface{}) {
+func (er *EventRecorder) Eventf(regarding runtime.Object, eventtype, reason, action, note string, args ...any) {
 	er.er.Eventf(
 		regarding,
 		er.related,