diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index d6ad4c6..24e9903 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: ["1.23", "1.24"]
+        go: ["1.24", "1.25"]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 #5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 #6.0.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
       - name: Check out source
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 #v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
       - name: Install linters
-        run: "curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.64.5"
+        run: "curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v2.6.1"
       - name: Build
         run: go build ./...
       - name: Lint
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 8ec3b42..9825d98 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,47 @@
+version: "2"
 run:
-  deadline: 10m
-
+  timeout: 10m
 linters:
-  disable-all: true
+  default: none
   enable:
     - asciicheck
     - bidichk
     - bodyclose
+    - containedctx
+    - copyloopvar
+    - dupword
     - durationcheck
     - errchkjson
-    - gofmt
-    - goimports
-    - gosimple
+    - errorlint
+    - exhaustive
+    - fatcontext
+    - goconst
+    - godot
     - govet
     - grouper
     - ineffassign
+    - makezero
+    - mirror
     - misspell
+    - nilerr
+    - nilnil
     - nosprintfhostport
+    - prealloc
+    - predeclared
     - reassign
     - rowserrcheck
+    - staticcheck
     - tparallel
-    - typecheck
     - unconvert
+    - unparam
     - unused
+    - usestdlibvars
     - usetesting
+  settings:
+    staticcheck:
+      checks:
+          - S1*
+formatters:
+  enable:
+    - gofmt
+    - goimports
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 34133ee..ef7f2ff 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Copyright (c) 2013-2017 The btcsuite developers
-Copyright (c) 2015-2020 The Decred developers
+Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The Decred developers
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0424fbe..3b10202 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ changes may be written to a config file in a platform-specific location:
 
 ## Build and installation
 
-- **Install Go 1.23 or higher version**
+- **Install Go 1.24 or higher version**
 
   Installation instructions can be found here: https://golang.org/doc/install.
   Ensure Go was installed properly and is a supported version:
diff --git a/dcrctl.go b/dcrctl.go
index f07e875..f5c8537 100644
--- a/dcrctl.go
+++ b/dcrctl.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2013-2015 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2015-2023 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ func commandUsage(method interface{}) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  %s\n", usage)
 }
 
-// usage displays the general usage when the help flag is not displayed and
-// and an invalid command was specified.  The commandUsage function is used
-// instead when a valid command was specified.
+// usage displays the general usage when the help flag is not displayed and an
+// invalid command was specified.  The commandUsage function is used instead
+// when a valid command was specified.
 func usage(errorMessage string) {
 	appName := filepath.Base(os.Args[0])
 	appName = strings.TrimSuffix(appName, filepath.Ext(appName))
diff --git a/httpclient.go b/httpclient.go
index 4a85978..0e54a5f 100644
--- a/httpclient.go
+++ b/httpclient.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2013-2015 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2015-2023 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func newHTTPClient(cfg *config) (*http.Client, error) {
 			}
 			keypair, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(cfg.ClientCert, cfg.ClientKey)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("read client keypair: %v", err)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("read client keypair: %w", err)
 			}
 
 			tlsConfig.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{keypair}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func newHTTPClient(cfg *config) (*http.Client, error) {
 
 			pool := x509.NewCertPool()
 			if ok := pool.AppendCertsFromPEM(pem); !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid certificate file: %v",
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid certificate file: %s",
 					cfg.RPCCert)
 			}
 			tlsConfig.RootCAs = pool
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func sendPostRequest(marshalledJSON []byte, cfg *config) ([]byte, error) {
 		fmt.Println(string(marshalledJSON))
 	}
 	bodyReader := bytes.NewReader(marshalledJSON)
-	httpRequest, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bodyReader)
+	httpRequest, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bodyReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 69e7912..0efe6be 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2013-2014 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2015-2022 The Decred developers
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2025 The Decred developers
 // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -129,6 +130,31 @@ func parseSemVer(s string) (uint32, uint32, uint32, string, string, error) {
 	return major, minor, patch, preRel, build, nil
 }
 
+// vcsCommitID attempts to return the version control system short commit hash
+// that was used to build the binary.  It currently only detects git commits.
+func vcsCommitID() string {
+	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var vcs, revision string
+	for _, bs := range bi.Settings {
+		switch bs.Key {
+		case "vcs":
+			vcs = bs.Value
+		case "vcs.revision":
+			revision = bs.Value
+		}
+	}
+	if vcs == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if vcs == "git" && len(revision) > 9 {
+		revision = revision[:9]
+	}
+	return revision
+}
+
 func init() {
 	var err error
 	Major, Minor, Patch, PreRelease, BuildMetadata, err = parseSemVer(Version)
diff --git a/version_buildinfo.go b/version_buildinfo.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 30032e3..0000000
--- a/version_buildinfo.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2021-2022 The Decred developers
-// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build go1.18
-// +build go1.18
-
-package main
-
-import "runtime/debug"
-
-// vcsCommitID attempts to return the version control system short commit hash
-// that was used to build the binary.  It currently only detects git commits.
-func vcsCommitID() string {
-	bi, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
-	}
-	var vcs, revision string
-	for _, bs := range bi.Settings {
-		switch bs.Key {
-		case "vcs":
-			vcs = bs.Value
-		case "vcs.revision":
-			revision = bs.Value
-		}
-	}
-	if vcs == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if vcs == "git" && len(revision) > 9 {
-		revision = revision[:9]
-	}
-	return revision
-}
diff --git a/version_nobuildinfo.go b/version_nobuildinfo.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ae27b13..0000000
--- a/version_nobuildinfo.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2021-2022 The Decred developers
-// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build !go1.18
-// +build !go1.18
-
-package main
-
-// vcsCommitID returns an empty string for all Go versions prior to 1.18 since
-// the information is not availalbe in binaries prior to that version.
-func vcsCommitID() string {
-	return ""
-}