diff --git a/.golangci.reference.yml b/.golangci.reference.yml
index 00c7d56eb00e..0b09a14d5324 100644
--- a/.golangci.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.reference.yml
@@ -343,11 +343,13 @@ linters-settings:
 
     # Section configuration to compare against.
     # Section names are case-insensitive and may contain parameters in ().
+    # The order of sections is always `standard > default > custom`,
+    # it cannot be changed and doesn't follow the order of `sections` option.
     # Default: ["standard", "default"]
     sections:
-      - standard                       # Captures all standard packages if they do not match another section.
-      - default                        # Contains all imports that could not be matched to another section type.
-      - prefix(github.com/org/project) # Groups all imports with the specified Prefix.
+      - standard                       # Standard section: captures all standard packages.
+      - default                        # Default section: contains all imports that could not be matched to another section type.
+      - prefix(github.com/org/project) # Custom section: groups all imports with the specified Prefix.
 
     # Skip generated files.
     # Default: true
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1a9a7b0dac7..87001c2ac3a8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.3.0
 	github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.1.1
 	github.com/charithe/durationcheck v0.0.9
-	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.0
+	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.1
 	github.com/denis-tingaikin/go-header v0.4.3
 	github.com/esimonov/ifshort v1.0.4
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad2e581d6471..859cc373e0f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsr
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
-github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.0 h1:WKWAjTsU05SQjDRpeyiJdYo4Jfh8nWpgctffJuqBXmc=
-github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.0/go.mod h1:d0f+IJhr9loBtIq+ebwhRoTt1LGbPH96ih8bKlsRT9E=
+github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.1 h1:X2S5Vvlm24kiptIVY6+zKZD9pqI9qKww6JgAfbciSRE=
+github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.4.1/go.mod h1:d0f+IJhr9loBtIq+ebwhRoTt1LGbPH96ih8bKlsRT9E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20161028175848-04cdfd42973b/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/test/testdata/fix/out/gci.go b/test/testdata/fix/out/gci.go
index a9dfbb07d76e..c35c11ac7871 100644
--- a/test/testdata/fix/out/gci.go
+++ b/test/testdata/fix/out/gci.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ package gci
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
-
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
 )
 
 func GoimportsLocalTest() {
diff --git a/test/testdata/gci.go b/test/testdata/gci.go
index 8f4190a20fe2..66effef786b6 100644
--- a/test/testdata/gci.go
+++ b/test/testdata/gci.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ package testdata
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/pkg/config" // ERROR "File is not \\`gci\\`-ed with -skip-generated -s standard,prefix\\(github.com/golangci/golangci-lint\\),default"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors" // ERROR "File is not \\`gci\\`-ed with -skip-generated -s standard,prefix\\(github.com/golangci/golangci-lint\\),default"
 )
 
 func GoimportsLocalTest() {