chore: upgrade golangci-lint and address findings (#1904)

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ jobs:
           check-latest: true
       - uses: golangci/[email protected]
         with:
-          version: v1.47.2
+          version: v1.53
+          only-new-issues: true
       - uses: megalinter/megalinter/flavors/[email protected]
         env:
           DEFAULT_BRANCH: master