diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 104d83cdd..bbc2e95ec 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - staticcheck
         path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: config.Driver.LicensingConfig.ConfigMapName is deprecated(.+)'
+        text: 'SA1019: \(github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/api/nvidia/v1.DriverLicensingConfigSpec\).ConfigMapName is deprecated(.+)'
       - linters:
           - staticcheck
         path: (.+)\.go$
-        text: 'SA1019: cr.Spec.LicensingConfig.Name is deprecated(.+)'
+        text: 'SA1019: \(github.com/NVIDIA/gpu-operator/api/nvidia/v1alpha1.DriverLicensingConfigSpec\).Name is deprecated(.+)'
 formatters:
   enable:
     - gofmt
diff --git a/controllers/upgrade_controller.go b/controllers/upgrade_controller.go
index 82fc0f2f3..ee6788205 100644
--- a/controllers/upgrade_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/upgrade_controller.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (r *UpgradeReconciler) reconcileClusterPolicyDriverUpgrades(ctx context.Con
 	// might become stuck until the new reconcile loop is scheduled.
 	// Since node/ds/clusterpolicy updates from outside of the upgrade flow
 	// are not guaranteed, for safety reconcile loop should be requeued every few minutes.
-	return ctrl.Result{Requeue: true, RequeueAfter: plannedRequeueInterval}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: plannedRequeueInterval}, nil
 }
 
 // reconcileNVIDIADriverUpgrades handles driver upgrade reconciliation when the NVIDIADriver CRD
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func (r *UpgradeReconciler) reconcileNVIDIADriverUpgrades(ctx context.Context, r
 	// might become stuck until the new reconcile loop is scheduled.
 	// Since node/ds/clusterpolicy updates from outside of the upgrade flow
 	// are not guaranteed, for safety reconcile loop should be requeued every few minutes.
-	return ctrl.Result{Requeue: true, RequeueAfter: plannedRequeueInterval}, nil
+	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: plannedRequeueInterval}, nil
 }
 
 // removeNodeUpgradeStateLabels loops over nodes in the cluster and removes "nvidia.com/gpu-driver-upgrade-state"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 6baf8ab03..b65dcc025 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ARG CUDA_SAMPLES_VERSION=13.2
 
-FROM golang:1.26.6@sha256:0d1d3a794be25f809dd2cb3160d8c73276c4056a9f8242a138e908ddeee7b6b6 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.27.0@sha256:65b6f280bf050ec5af12716857e8ea8439d694dbba8f31ceeb7630670071f2bb AS builder
 
 ARG GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
 ENV GOPROXY=$GOPROXY
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.devel b/docker/Dockerfile.devel
index c87e21033..09d5534ff 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.devel
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.devel
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=1.60.3
 
-FROM golang:1.26.6@sha256:0d1d3a794be25f809dd2cb3160d8c73276c4056a9f8242a138e908ddeee7b6b6
+FROM golang:1.27.0@sha256:65b6f280bf050ec5af12716857e8ea8439d694dbba8f31ceeb7630670071f2bb
 
 RUN curl -sSfL https://golangci-lint.run/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 194ce6f7f..1e8d1fac3 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 # - use environment variables to overwrite this value (e.g export VERSION=0.0.2)
 VERSION ?= v26.7.0
 
-GOLANG_VERSION ?= 1.26.6
+GOLANG_VERSION ?= 1.27.0
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.12.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.13.1
 
 REGCTL_VERSION ?= v0.11.5