diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index e6e347ecd..30ed80a34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@3041bf56c941b39c61721a86cd11f3bb1338122a # pin@5.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
       - name: Test source headers are present
         run: make test-source-headers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 14fe0d414..c0792ba0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@3041bf56c941b39c61721a86cd11f3bb1338122a # pin@5.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@971e284b6050e8a5849b72094c50ab08da042db8 #pin@6.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
index 73efbb3f9..a2f3bfd4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@3041bf56c941b39c61721a86cd11f3bb1338122a # pin@5.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
       - name: govulncheck
         uses: golang/govulncheck-action@b625fbe08f3bccbe446d94fbf87fcc875a4f50ee # pin@1.0.4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b9fe27aa3..146baddd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@3041bf56c941b39c61721a86cd11f3bb1338122a # pin@5.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22.7'
+          go-version: '1.23'
 
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: make test-coverage
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@3041bf56c941b39c61721a86cd11f3bb1338122a # pin@5.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
 
       - name: Run unit tests
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 3cf50a0d4..90b84d77d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,23 @@ linters-settings:
     local-prefixes: helm.sh/helm/v3
   dupl:
     threshold: 400
+issues:
+  exclude-rules:
+    # Helm, and the Go source code itself, sometimes uses these names outside their built-in
+    # functions. As the Go source code has re-used these names it's ok for Helm to do the same.
+    # Linting will look for redefinition of built-in id's but we opt-in to the ones we choose to use.
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      text: "redefines-builtin-id: redefinition of the built-in function append"
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      text: "redefines-builtin-id: redefinition of the built-in function clear"
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      text: "redefines-builtin-id: redefinition of the built-in function max"
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      text: "redefines-builtin-id: redefinition of the built-in function min"
+    - linters:
+        - revive
+      text: "redefines-builtin-id: redefinition of the built-in function new"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/helm/plugin_uninstall.go b/cmd/helm/plugin_uninstall.go
index 607baab2e..458a92cc8 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/plugin_uninstall.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/plugin_uninstall.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (o *pluginUninstallOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errorPlugins) > 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf(strings.Join(errorPlugins, "\n"))
+		return errors.New(strings.Join(errorPlugins, "\n"))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/plugin_update.go b/cmd/helm/plugin_update.go
index 3f6d963fb..eb7505696 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/plugin_update.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/plugin_update.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (o *pluginUpdateOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(errorPlugins) > 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf(strings.Join(errorPlugins, "\n"))
+		return errors.New(strings.Join(errorPlugins, "\n"))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/status.go b/cmd/helm/status.go
index 2bee5db44..747b2556b 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/status.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/status.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (s statusPrinter) WriteTable(out io.Writer) error {
 	}
 	_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "DESCRIPTION: %s\n", s.release.Info.Description)
 
-	if s.release.Info.Resources != nil && len(s.release.Info.Resources) > 0 {
+	if len(s.release.Info.Resources) > 0 {
 		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 		printFlags := get.NewHumanPrintFlags()
 		typePrinter, _ := printFlags.ToPrinter("")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fbb67f5c2..997385df2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module helm.sh/helm/v3
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/AdaLogics/go-fuzz-headers v0.0.0-20230811130428-ced1acdcaa24
diff --git a/pkg/action/hooks.go b/pkg/action/hooks.go
index 4bffb6ae0..e1cbab5e1 100644
--- a/pkg/action/hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/action/hooks.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) execHook(rl *release.Release, hook release.HookEvent,
 
 	for _, h := range executingHooks {
 		// Set default delete policy to before-hook-creation
-		if h.DeletePolicies == nil || len(h.DeletePolicies) == 0 {
+		if len(h.DeletePolicies) == 0 {
 			// TODO(jlegrone): Only apply before-hook-creation delete policy to run to completion
 			//                 resources. For all other resource types update in place if a
 			//                 resource with the same name already exists and is owned by the
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index df3a600a3..d8ee313e1 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (e Engine) initFunMap(t *template.Template) {
 				log.Printf("[INFO] Missing required value: %s", warn)
 				return "", nil
 			}
-			return val, errors.Errorf(warnWrap(warn))
+			return val, errors.New(warnWrap(warn))
 		} else if _, ok := val.(string); ok {
 			if val == "" {
 				if e.LintMode {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (e Engine) initFunMap(t *template.Template) {
 					log.Printf("[INFO] Missing required value: %s", warn)
 					return "", nil
 				}
-				return val, errors.Errorf(warnWrap(warn))
+				return val, errors.New(warnWrap(warn))
 			}
 		}
 		return val, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index 4d93c91b9..5f16f2bfb 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (c *Client) Update(original, target ResourceList, force bool) (*Result, err
 	case err != nil:
 		return res, err
 	case len(updateErrors) != 0:
-		return res, errors.Errorf(strings.Join(updateErrors, " && "))
+		return res, errors.New(strings.Join(updateErrors, " && "))
 	}
 
 	for _, info := range original.Difference(target) {
diff --git a/pkg/kube/wait.go b/pkg/kube/wait.go
index 36110d0de..bdafc8255 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/wait.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func SelectorsForObject(object runtime.Object) (selector labels.Selector, err er
 	case *batchv1.Job:
 		selector, err = metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(t.Spec.Selector)
 	case *corev1.Service:
-		if t.Spec.Selector == nil || len(t.Spec.Selector) == 0 {
+		if len(t.Spec.Selector) == 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid service '%s': Service is defined without a selector", t.Name)
 		}
 		selector = labels.SelectorFromSet(t.Spec.Selector)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/util.go b/pkg/registry/util.go
index 727cdae03..4454105c9 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/util.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/util.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func generateChartOCIAnnotations(meta *chart.Metadata, creationTime string) map[
 		chartOCIAnnotations = addToMap(chartOCIAnnotations, ocispec.AnnotationSource, meta.Sources[0])
 	}
 
-	if meta.Maintainers != nil && len(meta.Maintainers) > 0 {
+	if len(meta.Maintainers) > 0 {
 		var maintainerSb strings.Builder
 
 		for maintainerIdx, maintainer := range meta.Maintainers {
diff --git a/scripts/validate-license.sh b/scripts/validate-license.sh
index dc247436f..f67812ca5 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-license.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate-license.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 find_files() {
   find . -not \( \
     \( \
-      -wholename './vendor' \
+      -wholename './.git' \
       -o -wholename '*testdata*' \
       -o -wholename '*third_party*' \
     \) -prune \