diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 9386b4631e19..0b2327be0c1b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ type GoConstSettings struct {
 }
 
 type GoCriticSettings struct {
+	Go               string                           `mapstructure:"-"`
 	EnabledChecks    []string                         `mapstructure:"enabled-checks"`
 	DisabledChecks   []string                         `mapstructure:"disabled-checks"`
 	EnabledTags      []string                         `mapstructure:"enabled-tags"`
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gocritic.go b/pkg/golinters/gocritic.go
index b5b6d99b5684..1319c72d9d42 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gocritic.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gocritic.go
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ func (w *goCriticWrapper) run(pass *analysis.Pass) ([]goanalysis.Issue, error) {
 
 	linterCtx := gocriticlinter.NewContext(pass.Fset, w.sizes)
 
+	linterCtx.SetGoVersion(w.settingsWrapper.Go)
+
 	enabledCheckers, err := w.buildEnabledCheckers(linterCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
index ffe10721cf43..948bda227b4b 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lintersdb/manager.go
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ func (m Manager) GetAllSupportedLinterConfigs() []*linter.Config {
 			govetCfg.Go = m.cfg.Run.Go
 		}
 
+		if gocriticCfg != nil {
+			gocriticCfg.Go = m.cfg.Run.Go
+		}
+
 		if gofumptCfg != nil && gofumptCfg.LangVersion == "" {
 			gofumptCfg.LangVersion = m.cfg.Run.Go
 		}
diff --git a/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml b/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
index 019e6afb83fa..e7796e6c48ba 100644
--- a/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
+++ b/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+run:
+  go: 1.14
 linters-settings:
   gocritic:
     enabled-checks:
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@ linters-settings:
       - flagDeref
       - wrapperFunc
       - ruleguard
+      - syncMapLoadAndDelete # ignored because sync#Map.LoadAndDelete added in Go 1.15
     settings:
       rangeValCopy:
         sizeThreshold: 2
diff --git a/test/testdata/gocritic.go b/test/testdata/gocritic.go
index afca6f3c479c..93574c1678b7 100644
--- a/test/testdata/gocritic.go
+++ b/test/testdata/gocritic.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 var _ = *flag.Bool("global1", false, "") // want `flagDeref: immediate deref in \*flag.Bool\(.global1., false, ..\) is most likely an error; consider using flag\.BoolVar`
@@ -46,3 +47,13 @@ func gocriticDup(x bool) {
 func gocriticRuleWrapperFunc() {
 	strings.Replace("abcabc", "a", "d", -1) // want "ruleguard: this Replace call can be simplified.*"
 }
+
+func gocriticSink(args ...any) {}
+
+func gocriticIgnoreSyncMapLoadAndDelete(cond bool, m, m2 *sync.Map) {
+	actual, ok := m.Load("key")
+	if ok {
+		m.Delete("key")
+		gocriticSink(actual)
+	}
+}