diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
index a4624b16f03..ce133d9c40c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validation.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
       - name: Get golangci
-        run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.59.1
+        run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.61.0
       - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
 
   trivy-scan:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a512322e9f6..efb952324aa 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-default_stages: [commit, push]
-minimum_pre_commit_version: "1.20.0"
+default_stages: [pre-commit, pre-push]
+minimum_pre_commit_version: "4.0.0"
 exclude: (^vendor/|^pkg/generated/)
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/dnephin/pre-commit-golang
-    rev: v0.3.5
+    rev: v0.5.1
     hooks:
       - id: go-fmt
         name: Run go fmt against the code
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v3.4.0
+    rev: v5.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
       - id: detect-private-key
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repos:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: mixed-line-ending
   - repo: https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc.git
-    rev: v2.0.0
+    rev: v2.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: doctoc
         name: Add TOC for md files
diff --git a/config/rbac/role.yaml b/config/rbac/role.yaml
index 37d7ab508f3..87362c08e13 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -105,18 +105,6 @@ rules:
   resources:
   - cloudeventsources
   - cloudeventsources/status
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - eventing.keda.sh
-  resources:
-=======
->>>>>>> 215a6d877 (bump more deps)
   - clustercloudeventsources
   - clustercloudeventsources/status
   verbs:
@@ -130,48 +118,12 @@ rules:
   resources:
   - clustertriggerauthentications
   - clustertriggerauthentications/status
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - keda.sh
-  resources:
-  - scaledjobs
-  - scaledjobs/finalizers
-  - scaledjobs/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - keda.sh
-  resources:
-  - scaledobjects
-  - scaledobjects/finalizers
-  - scaledobjects/status
-  verbs:
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - keda.sh
-  resources:
-=======
   - scaledjobs
   - scaledjobs/finalizers
   - scaledjobs/status
   - scaledobjects
   - scaledobjects/finalizers
   - scaledobjects/status
->>>>>>> 215a6d877 (bump more deps)
   - triggerauthentications
   - triggerauthentications/status
   verbs:
diff --git a/controllers/keda/scaledjob_controller.go b/controllers/keda/scaledjob_controller.go
index fabc5d446c7..9fca0b4b424 100755
--- a/controllers/keda/scaledjob_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/keda/scaledjob_controller.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (r *ScaledJobReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (
 	// Check jobTargetRef is specified
 	if scaledJob.Spec.JobTargetRef == nil {
 		errMsg := "ScaledJob.spec.jobTargetRef not found"
-		err := fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
+		err := fmt.Errorf("%s", errMsg)
 		reqLogger.Error(err, errMsg)
 		r.EventEmitter.Emit(scaledJob, req.NamespacedName.Namespace, corev1.EventTypeWarning, eventingv1alpha1.ScaledJobFailedType, eventreason.ScaledJobCheckFailed, errMsg)
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/metricscollector/opentelemetry.go b/pkg/metricscollector/opentelemetry.go
index db64edde67d..fb6cb3a26c2 100644
--- a/pkg/metricscollector/opentelemetry.go
+++ b/pkg/metricscollector/opentelemetry.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func NewOtelMetrics(options ...metric.Option) *OtelMetrics {
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Error:" + err.Error())
+			fmt.Printf("Error: %s", err.Error())
 			return nil
 		}
 		options = []metric.Option{metric.WithReader(metric.NewPeriodicReader(exporter))}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/apache_kafka_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/apache_kafka_scaler.go
index d2b0d3f51c9..8704531e28a 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/apache_kafka_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/apache_kafka_scaler.go
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func (s *apacheKafkaScaler) Close(context.Context) error {
 
 func (s *apacheKafkaScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2.MetricSpec {
 	var metricName string
-	if s.metadata.Topic != nil && len(s.metadata.Topic) > 0 {
+	if len(s.metadata.Topic) > 0 {
 		metricName = fmt.Sprintf("kafka-%s", strings.Join(s.metadata.Topic, ","))
 	} else {
 		metricName = fmt.Sprintf("kafka-%s-topics", s.metadata.Group)
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/aws_cloudwatch_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/aws_cloudwatch_scaler.go
index a07db246f80..cf503c758d4 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/aws_cloudwatch_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/aws_cloudwatch_scaler.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (s *awsCloudwatchScaler) GetCloudwatchMetrics(ctx context.Context) (float64
 	if len(output.MetricDataResults) > 0 && len(output.MetricDataResults[0].Values) == 0 && !s.metadata.IgnoreNullValues {
 		emptyMetricsErrMsg := "empty metric data received, ignoreNullValues is false, returning error"
 		s.logger.Error(nil, emptyMetricsErrMsg)
-		return -1, fmt.Errorf(emptyMetricsErrMsg)
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("%s", emptyMetricsErrMsg)
 	}
 
 	var metricValue float64
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/azure_monitor_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/azure_monitor_scaler.go
index 71050b5063a..aa489fa9ff3 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/azure_monitor_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/azure_monitor_scaler.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (s *azureMonitorScaler) requestMetric(ctx context.Context) (float64, error)
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	if response.Value == nil || len(response.Value) == 0 {
+	if len(response.Value) == 0 {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("got an empty response for metric %s/%s and aggregate type %s", "azMetricRequest.ResourceProviderNamespace", "azMetricRequest.MetricName", "azMetricRequest.Aggregation")
 		return -1, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/huawei_cloudeye_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/huawei_cloudeye_scaler.go
index 528806f5b44..7b3e75ea465 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/huawei_cloudeye_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/huawei_cloudeye_scaler.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (s *huaweiCloudeyeScaler) GetCloudeyeMetrics() (float64, error) {
 
 	var metricValue float64
 
-	if metricdatas[0].Datapoints != nil && len(metricdatas[0].Datapoints) > 0 {
+	if len(metricdatas[0].Datapoints) > 0 {
 		v, ok := metricdatas[0].Datapoints[0][s.metadata.metricFilter].(float64)
 		if ok {
 			metricValue = v
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go
index 0b0b4c893f4..ecae97c5e8a 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/ibmmq_scaler.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (s *ibmmqScaler) getQueueDepthViaHTTP(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse JSON: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if response.CommandResponse == nil || len(response.CommandResponse) == 0 {
+	if len(response.CommandResponse) == 0 {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response from REST call")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
index fe42e28995c..b09a810a18a 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler_test.go
@@ -429,13 +429,13 @@ func TestKafkaAuthParamsInTriggerAuthentication(t *testing.T) {
 			if testData.authParams["keytab"] != "" {
 				err := testFileContents(testData, meta, "keytab")
 				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf(err.Error())
+					t.Error(err.Error())
 				}
 			}
 			if !testData.isError {
 				err := testFileContents(testData, meta, "kerberosConfig")
 				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf(err.Error())
+					t.Error(err.Error())
 				}
 			}
 			if meta.kerberosServiceName != testData.authParams["kerberosServiceName"] {
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/openstack/keystone_authentication.go b/pkg/scalers/openstack/keystone_authentication.go
index b1106bd2786..68322cceabb 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/openstack/keystone_authentication.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/openstack/keystone_authentication.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (keystone *KeystoneAuthRequest) getToken(ctx context.Context) (string, erro
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return "", fmt.Errorf(string(errBody))
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("%s", string(errBody))
 }
 
 // getCatalog retrives the OpenStack catalog according to the current authorization
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ func (keystone *KeystoneAuthRequest) getCatalog(ctx context.Context, token strin
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf(string(errBody))
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s", string(errBody))
 }
 
 // getServiceURL retrieves a public URL for an OpenStack project from the OpenStack catalog
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/openstack_metrics_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/openstack_metrics_scaler.go
index da98d2fdabc..65461e5990d 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/openstack_metrics_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/openstack_metrics_scaler.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (s *openstackMetricScaler) readOpenstackMetrics(ctx context.Context) (float
 			return defaultValueWhenError, readError
 		}
 
-		return defaultValueWhenError, fmt.Errorf(string(bodyError))
+		return defaultValueWhenError, fmt.Errorf("%s", string(bodyError))
 	}
 
 	m := measureResult{}
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/rabbitmq_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/rabbitmq_scaler.go
index f7ed365f52d..43a62a404ee 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/rabbitmq_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/rabbitmq_scaler.go
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ func getMaximum(q []queueInfo) (int, int, float64) {
 // Mask host for log purposes
 func (s *rabbitMQScaler) anonymizeRabbitMQError(err error) error {
 	errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("error inspecting rabbitMQ: %s", err)
-	return fmt.Errorf(rabbitMQAnonymizePattern.ReplaceAllString(errorMessage, "user:password@"))
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s", rabbitMQAnonymizePattern.ReplaceAllString(errorMessage, "user:password@"))
 }
 
 // connectionName is used to provide a deterministic AMQP connection name when
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
index 54976381aee..6ca40672fc6 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func ResolveScaleTargetPodSpec(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client, sc
 			podTemplateSpec.Spec = withPods.Spec.Template.Spec
 		}
 
-		if podTemplateSpec.Spec.Containers == nil || len(podTemplateSpec.Spec.Containers) == 0 {
+		if len(podTemplateSpec.Spec.Containers) == 0 {
 			logger.V(1).Info("There aren't any containers found in the ScaleTarget, therefore it is no possible to inject environment properties", "scaleTargetRef.Name", obj.Spec.ScaleTargetRef.Name)
 			return nil, "", nil
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
index 5a955e48e66..a8c50a057d0 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/scale_handler.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func (h *scaleHandler) GetScaledObjectMetrics(ctx context.Context, scaledObjectN
 	}
 
 	if len(matchingMetrics) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no matching metrics found for " + metricsName)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no matching metrics found for %s", metricsName)
 	}
 
 	// handle scalingModifiers here and simply return the matchingMetrics