diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26cdd7b24a0b..895593b51fbf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-ps v1.0.0
 	github.com/moricho/tparallel v0.2.1
 	github.com/nakabonne/nestif v0.3.1
-	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.6.0
+	github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.7.11
 	github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v0.0.0-20210722154253-910bb7978349
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d46389e69d9..d9a304bd1478 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:+zsyZBPWlz7T6j88CTgSN5bM796AkVf0kB
 github.com/bketelsen/crypt v0.0.4/go.mod h1:aI6NrJ0pMGgvZKL1iVgXLnfIFJtfV+bKCoqOes/6LfM=
 github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.0 h1:7Jmnh0yL2DjKfw28p86YTd/B4lRGcNuu12sKE35sM7A=
 github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qOI0yy6A7dYC4Zgsa72Ppm9kONl0RoIlPbzot9mhmeI=
-github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.4.0 h1:TER4mfhjU4D4+k5VJgI/ZG8oT+yGqq7iEi0xjNdjI/U=
-github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Mc0nLBKI1/FP0Ga4kqMOgBig0eS5QtR107JnMAb1Wuc=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.5.0 h1:v9LpMwxzTqAJC4lsD/jR7zWb8a66trcqhTEH4Mk6Fio=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Mc0nLBKI1/FP0Ga4kqMOgBig0eS5QtR107JnMAb1Wuc=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0 h1:Mka/+kRLoQJq7g2rggtgQsjuI/K5Efd87WX96EWFxjM=
@@ -552,8 +550,8 @@ github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn-go v0.0.0-20210217022336-fa2cb2858354 h1:4kuARK6Y6Fx
 github.com/nbutton23/zxcvbn-go v0.0.0-20210217022336-fa2cb2858354/go.mod h1:KSVJerMDfblTH7p5MZaTt+8zaT2iEk3AkVb9PQdZuE8=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWbfPhv4DMiApHyliiK5xCTNVSPiaAs=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
-github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.6.0 h1:twt0QXhWjFMYGalECxdWM8Hv5Zh2SjQ5Fu+uSuUXWLM=
-github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.6.0/go.mod h1:gX+MP7DWMKJmNa1HfMozK+u04hQd3na9i0hyqf3/dOI=
+github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.7.11 h1:xV/WU3Vdwh5BUH4N06JNUznb6d5zhRPOnlgCrpNYNKA=
+github.com/nishanths/exhaustive v0.7.11/go.mod h1:gX+MP7DWMKJmNa1HfMozK+u04hQd3na9i0hyqf3/dOI=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.0.0-20190419143655-18a43bb90ffc/go.mod h1:62PewwiQTlm/7Rj+cxVYqZvDIUc+JjZq6GHAC1fsObQ=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1 h1:1TXtjmy4f3YCFjTxRd8zcFHOmoUir+gp0ESzjFzG2sw=
 github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.1/go.mod h1:HvkGJcA3naj4lOwnFXFDkFxVtSqQMB9sbB1usJ+xjQE=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
index bd9921ba7d23..2fc36813c71d 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/exhaustive.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func NewExhaustive(settings *config.ExhaustiveSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 				exhaustive.CheckGeneratedFlag:             settings.CheckGenerated,
 				exhaustive.DefaultSignifiesExhaustiveFlag: settings.DefaultSignifiesExhaustive,
 				exhaustive.IgnoreEnumMembersFlag:          settings.IgnoreEnumMembers,
-				exhaustive.PackageScopeOnly:               settings.PackageScopeOnly,
+				exhaustive.PackageScopeOnlyFlag:           settings.PackageScopeOnly,
 
 				exhaustive.IgnorePatternFlag:    settings.IgnorePattern,
 				exhaustive.CheckingStrategyFlag: settings.CheckingStrategy,