diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index efa6b054ab27..8106806005a6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
 	github.com/firefart/nonamedreturns v1.0.4
 	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0
-	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.7.0
+	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.2
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
 	github.com/golangci/check v0.0.0-20180506172741-cfe4005ccda2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8291d5a372d2..a47a83d4c87b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0 h1:lsblElZG7d3ALtGMx9fmxeTKZaLLpU8mET09yN4BBLo=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rXPyn8fnlpa0R2csP/31uerbiVBugk5whMdlyaLkLoA=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.7.0 h1:tqbKzB8pqi0NsRZ+1pyU4aweAF7A7QN0Pi4Q02+rYnQ=
-github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.7.0/go.mod h1:moYzd7GdVXE2C2hYTwd7h0CPcqlUeclsyBRwMa38v64=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0 h1:4zOcpvDoKvBOl+R1W81IBznr78f8YaE4zKXkfDVxGGA=
+github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.8.0/go.mod h1:5TjdkPI9cu/yKbYS96BTsslihjKd6zg6vd8O9RZXj2s=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
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
 		}