update golangci-lint to v2.9.0 with go1.26 support

akhilerm · k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot · commit 5dbf1b91596e · 2026-02-18T12:20:21.000Z
Signed-off-by: Akhil Mohan &lt;akhilerm@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/install-go
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@4afd733a84b1f43292c63897423277bb7f4313a9  # v8.0.0
         with:
-          version: v2.1.5
+          version: v2.9.0
           skip-cache: true
           args: --timeout=8m
 
