diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 874d3b4..2c8164b 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ linters:
     - errname
     - errorlint
     - exhaustive
-    - exportloopref
     - fatcontext
     - forcetypeassert
     - funlen
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2250d4e..e256697 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20240328165702-4d01890c35c0
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 25dd317..63b7bf9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
-github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+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/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be h1:J5BL2kskAlV9ckgEsNQXscjIaLiOYiZ75d4e94E6dcQ=
 github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be/go.mod h1:mk5IQ+Y0ZeO87b858TlA645sVcEcbiX6YqP98kt+7+w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index 027a575..09cbbae 100755
--- a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-VERSION=v1.59.1
+VERSION=v1.61.0
 URL_BASE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint
 URL=$URL_BASE/$VERSION/install.sh