diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 15d0bbc4d1be..fcccb3a47617 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/esimonov/ifshort v1.0.2
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.10.0
 	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.3.1
-	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.5
+	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.6
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v0.0.0-20191208150333-d5b6f63a941b
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0
 	github.com/golangci/check v0.0.0-20180506172741-cfe4005ccda2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbe69853315a..d06e953f93d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ZQ+ayqbKMJNhzLmbpCiurTVlaK2M/3n
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.3.1 h1:A9UeX3HJSXTBzvHzhqoYVuE0eAhe+aM8XBCCwsPMZOc=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.3.1/go.mod h1:DJHO6AUmbdqj2ET4Z9iArSuwWgYDRryYt2wASxc7x3E=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.5 h1:hqPHqQt/2l4Syc2VOIgcuy0FSytcbatOHWggu45vhw8=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.5/go.mod h1:eMs1Oc/oIP+CYNVN09M+XZYffIPuRHawxzlggAPN9Kk=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.6 h1:siUR1+322iVikWXoV75I1YRfNaC/yaLzhdF9Zwd8Tus=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.5.6/go.mod h1:cVjj0DfqewQVIlIAGexPCaGaZDAqGE29PYDDADIVNEo=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
@@ -523,13 +523,12 @@ github.com/pseudomuto/protoc-gen-doc v1.3.2/go.mod h1:y5+P6n3iGrbKG+9O04V5ld71in
 github.com/pseudomuto/protokit v0.2.0/go.mod h1:2PdH30hxVHsup8KpBTOXTBeMVhJZVio3Q8ViKSAXT0Q=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-consistent v0.0.0-20190521200055-c6f3937de18c/go.mod h1:5STLWrekHfjyYwxBRVRXNOSewLJ3PWfDJd1VyTS21fI=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.3.1-0.20210203134552-1b5a410e1cc8/go.mod h1:KsAh3x0e7Fkpgs+Q9pNLS5XpFSvYCEVl5gP9Pp1xp30=
-github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.3.1 h1:2KTXnHBCR4BUl8UAL2bCUorOBGC8RsmYncuDA9NEFW4=
-github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.3.1/go.mod h1:s41wdpioTcgelE3dlTUgK57UaUxjihg/DBGUccoN5IU=
+github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.3.4 h1:F6l5p6+7WBcTKS7foNQ4wqA39zjn2+RbdbyzGxIq1B0=
+github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.3.4/go.mod h1:57FZgMnoo6jqxkYKmVj5Fc8vOt0rVzoE/UNAmFFIPqA=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.0/go.mod h1:KeCP03KrjuSO0H1kTuZQCWlQPulDV6YMIXmpQss17rU=
-github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.1/go.mod h1:KeCP03KrjuSO0H1kTuZQCWlQPulDV6YMIXmpQss17rU=
+github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.2/go.mod h1:KeCP03KrjuSO0H1kTuZQCWlQPulDV6YMIXmpQss17rU=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/rules v0.0.0-20201231183845-9e62ed36efe1/go.mod h1:7JTjp89EGyU1d6XfBiXihJNG37wB2VRkd125Q1u7Plc=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/rules v0.0.0-20210203162857-b223e0831f88/go.mod h1:4cgAphtvu7Ftv7vOT2ZOYhC6CvBxZixcasr8qIOTA50=
-github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/rules v0.0.0-20210221215616-dfcc94e3dffd/go.mod h1:4cgAphtvu7Ftv7vOT2ZOYhC6CvBxZixcasr8qIOTA50=
 github.com/quasilyte/regex/syntax v0.0.0-20200407221936-30656e2c4a95 h1:L8QM9bvf68pVdQ3bCFZMDmnt9yqcMBro1pC7F+IPYMY=
 github.com/quasilyte/regex/syntax v0.0.0-20200407221936-30656e2c4a95/go.mod h1:rlzQ04UMyJXu/aOvhd8qT+hvDrFpiwqp8MRXDY9szc0=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go b/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
index 430e1b0a0002..020870506067 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/govet_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ import (
 
 func TestGovet(t *testing.T) {
 	// Checking that every default analyzer is in "all analyzers" list.
-	checkList := append(defaultAnalyzers,
-		shadow.Analyzer, // special case, used in analyzersFromConfig
-	)
+	var checkList []*analysis.Analyzer
+	checkList = append(checkList, defaultAnalyzers...)
+	checkList = append(checkList, shadow.Analyzer) // special case, used in analyzersFromConfig
+
 	for _, defaultAnalyzer := range checkList {
 		found := false
 		for _, a := range allAnalyzers {