diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index a0ea8c92..51e8e859 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22']
+        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22']
+        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22']
+        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21','1.22']
+        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21','1.22']
+        go-version: ['1.21', '1.22', '1.23']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Warewulf
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/Tools.mk b/Tools.mk
index aa5e49f5..1d899be1 100644
--- a/Tools.mk
+++ b/Tools.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ GO_TOOLS_BIN := $(addprefix $(TOOLS_BIN)/, $(notdir $(GO_TOOLS)))
 GO_TOOLS_VENDOR := $(addprefix vendor/, $(GO_TOOLS))
 
 GOLANGCI_LINT := $(TOOLS_BIN)/golangci-lint
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v1.56.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := v1.60.1
 
 GOLANG_DEADCODE := $(TOOLS_BIN)/deadcode
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c1d77d78..68fe5e15 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module github.com/warewulf/warewulf
 
 go 1.21
 
-toolchain go1.21.13
-
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/talos-systems/go-smbios v0.1.1
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240506185236-b8a5c65736ae
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240222234643-814bf88cf225 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240513163218-0867130af1f8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d99acf4c..73016a55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
-github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.5/go.mod h1:1jcaCB/ufaK+sKp1NBhlGmpz41jOoPQ35bpF36t7BBo=
 github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 h1:5nUrii3FMTL5diU80unEVvNevw1nH4+ZV4DSLVJLSYI=
 github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1/go.mod h1:8cTjp+g8YejhMuvIA5y2vz3BpJxksy863GQaJW2MFNU=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0 h1:3MEsd0SM6jqZojhjLWWeBY+Kcjy9i6MQAeY7YgDP83g=
@@ -457,7 +456,6 @@ github.com/tj/assert v0.0.3/go.mod h1:Ne6X72Q+TB1AteidzQncjw9PabbMp4PBMZ1k+vd1Pv
 github.com/tj/go-elastic v0.0.0-20171221160941-36157cbbebc2/go.mod h1:WjeM0Oo1eNAjXGDx2yma7uG2XoyRZTq1uv3M/o7imD0=
 github.com/tj/go-kinesis v0.0.0-20171128231115-08b17f58cb1b/go.mod h1:/yhzCV0xPfx6jb1bBgRFjl5lytqVqZXEaeqWP8lTEao=
 github.com/tj/go-spin v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Mg1mzmePZm4dva8Qz60H2lHwmJ2loum4VIrLgVnKwh4=
-github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.9/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0oWt/14=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 h1:37Nm15o69RwBkXM0J6A5OlE67RZTfzUxTj8fB3dfcsc=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0oWt/14=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
@@ -597,7 +595,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/ignition.go b/internal/pkg/node/ignition.go
index 4653f437..fbffab87 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/ignition.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/ignition.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package node
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (node *NodeConf) GetStorage() (stor types_3_4.Storage, err error, rep strin
 	}
 	report := stor.Validate(path.ContextPath{})
 	if report.IsFatal() {
-		err = fmt.Errorf(report.String())
+		err = errors.New(report.String())
 	}
 	rep = report.String()
 	return