diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bce1b6714..e80c876dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -324,9 +324,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Go Lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.45.2
+          # Keep pinned to a verson as sometimes updates will add new lint
+          # failures in unchanged code.
+          version: v1.50.1
           working-directory: src
-          skip-cache: true
+          skip-pkg-cache: true
+          skip-build-cache: true
 
       # check licenses
       - name: Get go-licenses
diff --git a/src/.golangci.yml b/src/.golangci.yml
index ce971c2f9..db883efc4 100644
--- a/src/.golangci.yml
+++ b/src/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 run:
-  timeout: 15m
-  build-tags:
-    - testing
+  timeout: 20m
 
 linters:
   enable:
@@ -15,6 +13,11 @@ linters:
     - revive
     - wsl
 
+  disable:
+    # Consumes a large amount of memory when running with Graph SDK in the
+    # project causing OOM failures in Github actions.
+    - staticcheck
+
 linters-settings:
   gci:
     sections:
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index a5a365c34..775024811 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This must match the version defined in .github/workflows/lint.yaml.
-WANTED_LINT_VERSION := 1.45.2
+WANTED_LINT_VERSION := 1.50.1
 LINT_VERSION := $(shell golangci-lint version | cut -d' ' -f4)
 HAS_LINT := $(shell which golangci-lint)
 
diff --git a/src/internal/common/time_test.go b/src/internal/common/time_test.go
index 702919ecf..6d72b0e19 100644
--- a/src/internal/common/time_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/common/time_test.go
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ func (suite *CommonTimeUnitSuite) TestExtractTime() {
 		parseT("2006-01-02T03:00:04-01:00"),
 	}
 
-	type timeFormatter func(time.Time) string
-
 	formats := []common.TimeFormat{
 		common.ClippedSimple,
 		common.ClippedSimpleOneDrive,
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/data_collections_test.go b/src/internal/connector/data_collections_test.go
index ee273ebd0..391e7c6b7 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/data_collections_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/data_collections_test.go
@@ -282,9 +282,7 @@ func (suite *ConnectorCreateExchangeCollectionIntegrationSuite) TestMailFetch()
 				require.NotEmpty(t, c.FullPath().Folder())
 				folder := c.FullPath().Folder()
 
-				if _, ok := test.folderNames[folder]; ok {
-					delete(test.folderNames, folder)
-				}
+				delete(test.folderNames, folder)
 			}
 
 			assert.Empty(t, test.folderNames)
@@ -369,7 +367,7 @@ func (suite *ConnectorCreateExchangeCollectionIntegrationSuite) TestContactSeria
 				assert.NotZero(t, read)
 				contact, err := support.CreateContactFromBytes(buf.Bytes())
 				assert.NotNil(t, contact)
-				assert.NoError(t, err, "error on converting contact bytes: "+string(buf.Bytes()))
+				assert.NoError(t, err, "error on converting contact bytes: "+buf.String())
 				count++
 			}
 			assert.NotZero(t, count)
@@ -434,7 +432,7 @@ func (suite *ConnectorCreateExchangeCollectionIntegrationSuite) TestEventsSerial
 				assert.NotZero(t, read)
 				event, err := support.CreateEventFromBytes(buf.Bytes())
 				assert.NotNil(t, event)
-				assert.NoError(t, err, "experienced error parsing event bytes: "+string(buf.Bytes()))
+				assert.NoError(t, err, "experienced error parsing event bytes: "+buf.String())
 			}
 
 			status := connector.AwaitStatus()
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/exchange/delta_get.go b/src/internal/connector/exchange/delta_get.go
index 24c883617..5d026e37c 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/exchange/delta_get.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/exchange/delta_get.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const (
 // The following functions are based off the code in v0.41.0 of msgraph-sdk-go
 // for sending delta requests with query parameters.
 
+//nolint:unused
 func createGetRequestInformationWithRequestConfiguration(
 	baseRequestInfoFunc func() (*abs.RequestInformation, error),
 	requestConfig *DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func createGetRequestInformationWithRequestConfiguration(
 	return requestInfo, nil
 }
 
-//nolint:deadcode
+//nolint:unused
 func sendMessagesDeltaGet(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	m *msmaildelta.DeltaRequestBuilder,
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func sendMessagesDeltaGet(
 	return res.(msmaildelta.DeltaResponseable), nil
 }
 
-//nolint:deadcode
+//nolint:unused
 func sendContactsDeltaGet(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	m *mscontactdelta.DeltaRequestBuilder,
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/graph_connector_test.go b/src/internal/connector/graph_connector_test.go
index 51310b78d..f5f11385d 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/graph_connector_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/graph_connector_test.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func runRestoreBackupTest(
 	assert.NotNil(t, deets)
 
 	status := restoreGC.AwaitStatus()
-	runTime := time.Now().Sub(start)
+	runTime := time.Since(start)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, totalItems, status.ObjectCount, "status.ObjectCount")
 	assert.Equal(t, totalItems, status.Successful, "status.Successful")
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func runRestoreBackupTest(
 	dcs, err := backupGC.DataCollections(ctx, backupSel)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Logf("Backup enumeration complete in %v\n", time.Now().Sub(start))
+	t.Logf("Backup enumeration complete in %v\n", time.Since(start))
 
 	// Pull the data prior to waiting for the status as otherwise it will
 	// deadlock.
diff --git a/src/internal/connector/sharepoint/data_collections_test.go b/src/internal/connector/sharepoint/data_collections_test.go
index fbb428f52..aed554867 100644
--- a/src/internal/connector/sharepoint/data_collections_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/connector/sharepoint/data_collections_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package sharepoint_test
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ func (ms *MockGraphService) ErrPolicy() bool {
 
 type SharePointLibrariesSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
-	ctx context.Context
 }
 
 func TestSharePointLibrariesSuite(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go b/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
index f2864f2ef..b4d13312c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/repository/repository_load_test.go
@@ -25,18 +25,22 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/storage"
 )
 
+//nolint:unused
 func orgSiteSet(t *testing.T) []string {
 	return tester.LoadTestM365OrgSites(t)
 }
 
+//nolint:unused
 func orgUserSet(t *testing.T) []string {
 	return tester.LoadTestM365OrgUsers(t)
 }
 
+//nolint:unused
 func singleSiteSet(t *testing.T) []string {
 	return []string{tester.LoadTestM365SiteID(t)}
 }
 
+//nolint:unused
 func singleUserSet(t *testing.T) []string {
 	return []string{tester.LoadTestM365UserID(t)}
 }
@@ -368,8 +372,8 @@ type RepositoryLoadTestExchangeSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	usersUnderTest []string
 }
 
@@ -418,8 +422,8 @@ type RepositoryIndividualLoadTestExchangeSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	usersUnderTest []string
 }
 
@@ -471,8 +475,8 @@ type RepositoryLoadTestOneDriveSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	usersUnderTest []string
 }
 
@@ -518,8 +522,8 @@ type RepositoryIndividualLoadTestOneDriveSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	usersUnderTest []string
 }
 
@@ -569,8 +573,8 @@ type RepositoryLoadTestSharePointSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	sitesUnderTest []string
 }
 
@@ -616,8 +620,8 @@ type RepositoryIndividualLoadTestSharePointSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 	ctx            context.Context
 	repo           repository.Repository
-	acct           account.Account
-	st             storage.Storage
+	acct           account.Account //nolint:unused
+	st             storage.Storage //nolint:unused
 	sitesUnderTest []string
 }