diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
index 4819b528..88218a21 100644
--- a/hack/tools.mk
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GOIMPORTS_REVISER_VERSION ?= v3.12.6
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=ko-build/ko
 KO_VERSION ?= v0.18.1
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.11.4
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v2.12.2
 
 # Tool targets should declare go.mod as a prerequisite, if the tool's version is managed via go modules. This causes
 # make to rebuild the tool in the desired version, when go.mod is changed.
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ $(KO): $(call tool_version_file,$(KO),$(KO_VERSION))
 
 GOLANGCI_LINT := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/golangci-lint
 $(GOLANGCI_LINT): $(call tool_version_file,$(GOLANGCI_LINT),$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION))
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR) $(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
+	GOBIN=$(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index ed587d6b..d2d89046 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -89,8 +90,7 @@ var _ = AfterSuite(func(ctx context.Context) {
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "MCM uninstall output: %s\n", string(output))
 
 	By("cleaning up tracked test resources after MCM removal")
-	for i := len(testResources) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		resource := testResources[i]
+	for _, resource := range slices.Backward(testResources) {
 		// Wrap each cleanup in a function with GinkgoRecover to prevent one failure
 		// from stopping cleanup of remaining resources
 		func(res TestResource) {