ci: update to latest Go and golangci-lint

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -6,28 +6,15 @@ on:
       - 'scratch/**'
   pull_request:
 
-# Note: this avoids golangci/golangci-lint-action to work around an
-# error triggered by us pinning to a golangci-lint version built with
-# an older Go.  Revisit when moving from golangci-lint v1.47.2.
-#
-# https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint-action/issues/442#issuecomment-1203786890
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-      - name: Install golangci-lint
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          bin=$(mktemp -d)
-          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | \
-            sh -s -- -b "$bin" v1.47.2
-          echo "$bin" >>$GITHUB_PATH
+          go-version: stable
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          command -v golangci-lint
-          golangci-lint run --out-format=github-actions
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        with:
+          version: v1.59