diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index fc917eb4e0..2ad72d18ed 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ run:
   # list of build tags, all linters use it. Default is empty list.
   build-tags:
 
-  # which dirs to skip: they won't be analyzed;
-  # can use regexp here: generated.*, regexp is applied on full path;
-  # default value is empty list, but next dirs are always skipped independently
-  # from this option's value:
-  #   	vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
-  skip-dirs:
-    - test/sdk/restapi
-
   # which files to skip: they will be analyzed, but issues from them
   # won't be reported. Default value is empty list, but there is
   # no need to include all autogenerated files, we confidently recognize
@@ -34,8 +26,15 @@ run:
   modules-download-mode: vendor
 # output configuration options
 output:
-  # colored-line-number|line-number|json|tab|checkstyle, default is "colored-line-number"
-  format: colored-line-number
+  # the formats used to render issues
+  # formats: colored-line-number, line-number, json, colored-tab,
+  #          tab, html, checkstyle, code-climate, junit-xml,
+  #          junit-xml-extended, github-actions, teamcity, sarif
+  # output path can be either `stdout`, `stderr`
+  # or path to the file to write to
+  formats:
+    - format: colored-line-number
+      path: stdout
 
   # print lines of code with issue, default is true
   print-issued-lines: true
@@ -46,13 +45,11 @@ linters:
   enable:
     - bodyclose
     - dupl
-    - exportloopref
     - goconst
     - gocritic
     - gocyclo
     - goimports
     - govet
-    - megacheck
     - misspell
     - nakedret
     - revive
@@ -88,3 +85,10 @@ issues:
     - path: (.+)_test\.go|^test/|^cmd/.*|^pkg/apis/.*
       # fieldalignment is in the `govet` linter, so exclude based on text instead of all of govet
       text: '^fieldalignment: .*'
+
+  # which dirs to exclude: issues from them won't be reported
+  # default dirs are skipped independently of this option's value
+  # (see exclude-dirs-use-default)
+  # default: []
+  exclude-dirs:
+    - test/sdk/restapi
diff --git a/pkg/sdkserver/localsdk.go b/pkg/sdkserver/localsdk.go
index 2f5a2ce4ce..a4b8b3489f 100644
--- a/pkg/sdkserver/localsdk.go
+++ b/pkg/sdkserver/localsdk.go
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ func (l *LocalSDKServer) setGameServerFromFilePath(filePath string) error {
 	l.logger.WithField("filePath", filePath).Info("Reading GameServer configuration")
 
 	reader, err := os.Open(filePath) // nolint: gosec
-	defer reader.Close()             // nolint: megacheck,errcheck
+	defer reader.Close()             // nolint: staticcheck,errcheck
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err