diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index 98c6976270d6..44872052cd48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -65,11 +65,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.38.0
-          args: --timeout 10m --exclude SA5011
-          skip-go-installation: true  # Because we need a specific version
+          version: v1.45.2
+          args: --timeout 10m --exclude SA5011 --verbose
 
   test-go:
     name: Run unit tests for Go packages
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ebe2918e8d17..000000000000
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-run:
-  timeout: 2m
-  skip-files:
-    - ".*\\.pb\\.go"
-  skip-dirs:
-    - pkg/client/
-    - vendor/
-linters:
-  enable:
-    - vet
-    - deadcode
-    - goimports
-    - varcheck
-    - structcheck
-    - ineffassign
-    - unconvert
-    - unparam
-linters-settings:
-  goimports:
-    local-prefixes: github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
-service:
-  golangci-lint-version: 1.21.0
diff --git a/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh b/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
index 4c9bc3bb1305..d57e93b5e186 100755
--- a/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
+++ b/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eux -o pipefail
 
-GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.38.0
+GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.45.2
diff --git a/util/io/bytereadseeker.go b/util/io/bytereadseeker.go
index 48aed29c43fd..43c246c2eced 100644
--- a/util/io/bytereadseeker.go
+++ b/util/io/bytereadseeker.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type byteReadSeeker struct {
 	offset int64
 }
 
-func (f byteReadSeeker) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
+func (f *byteReadSeeker) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	if f.offset >= int64(len(f.data)) {
 		return 0, io.EOF
 	}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (f byteReadSeeker) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-func (f byteReadSeeker) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
+func (f *byteReadSeeker) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
 	switch whence {
 	case 1:
 		offset += f.offset
diff --git a/util/io/bytereadseeker_test.go b/util/io/bytereadseeker_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5784d563e9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/io/bytereadseeker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package io
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestByteReadSeeker_Read(t *testing.T) {
+	inString := "hello world"
+	reader := NewByteReadSeeker([]byte(inString))
+	var bytes = make([]byte, 11)
+	n, err := reader.Read(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(inString), n)
+	assert.Equal(t, inString, string(bytes))
+	_, err = reader.Read(bytes)
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, io.EOF)
+}
+
+func TestByteReadSeeker_Seek_Start(t *testing.T) {
+	inString := "hello world"
+	reader := NewByteReadSeeker([]byte(inString))
+	offset, err := reader.Seek(6, io.SeekStart)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(6), offset)
+	var bytes = make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := reader.Read(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, n)
+	assert.Equal(t, "world", string(bytes))
+}
+
+func TestByteReadSeeker_Seek_Current(t *testing.T) {
+	inString := "hello world"
+	reader := NewByteReadSeeker([]byte(inString))
+	offset, err := reader.Seek(3, io.SeekCurrent)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(3), offset)
+	offset, err = reader.Seek(3, io.SeekCurrent)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(6), offset)
+	var bytes = make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := reader.Read(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, n)
+	assert.Equal(t, "world", string(bytes))
+}
+
+func TestByteReadSeeker_Seek_End(t *testing.T) {
+	inString := "hello world"
+	reader := NewByteReadSeeker([]byte(inString))
+	offset, err := reader.Seek(-5, io.SeekEnd)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(6), offset)
+	var bytes = make([]byte, 5)
+	n, err := reader.Read(bytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 5, n)
+	assert.Equal(t, "world", string(bytes))
+}
+
+func TestByteReadSeeker_Seek_OutOfBounds(t *testing.T) {
+	inString := "hello world"
+	reader := NewByteReadSeeker([]byte(inString))
+	_, err := reader.Seek(12, io.SeekStart)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = reader.Seek(-1, io.SeekStart)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
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