diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index fe3436e..70b982e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.21.x, 1.22.x]
+        go-version: [1.22.x, 1.23.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index 970f609..1723af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.21'
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
@@ -45,10 +44,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.21'
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
-          version: v1.55.2
-          args: -v
\ No newline at end of file
+          version: v1.60.3
+          args: -v
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 102372c..5629f4d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 run:
   timeout: 2m
-  go: '1.21'
 
 linters:
   enable:
-    - deadcode
     - errcheck
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
     - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
     - typecheck
     - unused
-    - varcheck
+    - unparam
+    - unconvert
     - bodyclose
     - decorder
     - makezero
@@ -25,6 +23,8 @@ linters:
     - unparam
     - misspell
     - unconvert
+    - depguard
+    - unused
 
 issues:
   exclude-use-default: true
@@ -32,3 +32,13 @@ issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 50
   max-same-issues: 10
   new: false
+
+
+linters-settings:
+  depguard:
+    rules:
+      main:
+        files:
+          - .*
+        allow:
+          - .*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b3ecdb..f1df03a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 .PHONY: default
 default: help
 
+GO=go
+GOLANGCI=github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.60.3
+gofumpt=mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
+govulncheck=golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
+actionlint=github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@latest
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	go test -v ./...
@@ -9,18 +15,17 @@ test:
 help: ## Show the available commands
 	@grep -E '^[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' ./Makefile | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-.PHONY: install-tools
-install-tools:
-	go install mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
-	go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
-	bash ./scripts/install-golangci-lint.sh v1.55.2
-
 .PHONY: lint
-lint: fmt
-	golangci-lint run -v --timeout 5m
+lint: fmt  ## Run linters on all go files
+	$(GO) run $(GOLANGCI) run -v
+	$(GO) run $(actionlint)
+	@$(MAKE) sec
 
 .PHONY: fmt
-fmt: install-tools
-	govulncheck ./...
-	gofumpt -l -w -extra  .
+fmt: ## Formats all go files
+	$(GO) run $(gofumpt) -l -w -extra  .
+
+.PHONY: sec
+sec: ## Run security checks
+	$(GO) run $(govulncheck) ./...
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7300bc8..aa1a3ac 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/rudderlabs/compose-test
 
-go 1.21
-
-toolchain go1.21.3
+go 1.23.1
 
 require (
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b401f0f..10a5156 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsI
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0 h1:FG6VLIdzvAPhnYqP14sQ2xhFLkiUQHCs6ySqO91kF4g=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:awP1KNnjylvpxHuHP63gzjhnGkI1iw+PMoIwvoleN/8=
-github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
-github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1 h1:x7SYsPBYDkHDksogeSmZZ5xzThcTgRz++I5E+ePFUcs=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1/go.mod h1:e7O26IywZZ+naJtWWos6i6fvWK+29etgITqrqHLfoZA=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0 h1:jmAMJJZXr5KiCw05dfYK9QnqaqKLYXijU23lsEdcQqg=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.20.0/go.mod h1:Xwo95rrVNIoSMx9wa1JroENMToLWn3RNVrTBpLHgZPQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 h1:GXm2NjJrPaiv/h1tb2UH8QfgC/hOf/+z0p6PT8o1w7A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1Xngt8kV6Dvbssa53Ziq6Eqn0HqbZi5Z6R0ZpwQzt70=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/scripts/install-golangci-lint.sh b/scripts/install-golangci-lint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c5bc445..0000000
--- a/scripts/install-golangci-lint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-VERSION=$1
-[ -z "${VERSION}" ] && VERSION="v1.55.2"
-GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
-[ -f "${GOPATH}/bin/golangci-lint-${VERSION}" ] && echo "golangci-lint ${VERSION} is already installed" || \
-curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/${VERSION}/install.sh | sh -s -- -b "${GOPATH}"/bin ${VERSION} && \
-cp "${GOPATH}"/bin/golangci-lint "${GOPATH}"/bin/golangci-lint-${VERSION}