diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc7289818a2d69b48fb322bb6a6d95bd37ae78c9..7a5f323821990de362a93260fe65bdf9f1854e28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ It is bound to the `build` stage, and uses the following variables:
 | Input / Variable | Description                                                                                              | Default value                          |
 |-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
 | `ci-lint-image` / `GO_CI_LINT_IMAGE` | The Docker image used to run `golangci-lint`                                                             | `registry.hub.docker.com/golangci/golangci-lint:latest-alpine` <br/>[![Trivy Badge](https://to-be-continuous.gitlab.io/doc/secu/trivy-badge-GO_CI_LINT_IMAGE.svg)](https://to-be-continuous.gitlab.io/doc/secu/trivy-GO_CI_LINT_IMAGE) |
-| `ci-lint-args` / `GO_CI_LINT_ARGS` | `golangci-lint` [command line arguments](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#command-line-options) | `-E gosec,goimports ./...`             |
+| `ci-lint-args` / `GO_CI_LINT_ARGS` | `golangci-lint` [command line arguments](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#command-line-options) | `-E gosec ./...`             |
 | `ci-lint-disabled` / `GO_CI_LINT_DISABLED` | Set to `true` to disable this job                                                                        | _none_ (enabled)                        |
 
 In addition to a textual report in the console, this job produces the following reports, kept for one day:
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index f709fcfa2330d48973dc414cf2b517994dced62d..1a592ce9389dfe8bdd5639a2ef02a5df55585be2 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         {
           "name": "GO_CI_LINT_ARGS",
           "description": "`golangci-lint` [command line arguments](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#command-line-options)",
-          "default": "-E gosec,goimports ./...",
+          "default": "-E gosec ./...",
           "advanced": true
         }
       ]
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
index 9edc5fb49c3522258a476e5a14d922b8c0a076e1..4896e5a3b956367666c5f4e0122131474d7577fc 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-golang.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ spec:
       default: registry.hub.docker.com/golangci/golangci-lint:latest-alpine
     ci-lint-args:
       description: '`golangci-lint` [command line arguments](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#command-line-options)'
-      default: -E gosec,goimports ./...
+      default: -E gosec ./...
     semgrep-image:
       description: The Docker image used to run [Semgrep](https://semgrep.dev/docs/)
       default: registry.hub.docker.com/semgrep/semgrep:latest
@@ -719,7 +719,14 @@ go-ci-lint:
   script:
     - mkdir -p -m 777 reports
     # produce all reports at once
-    - golangci-lint run --out-format "colored-line-number:stdout,code-climate:reports/go-ci-lint.codeclimate.json,checkstyle:reports/go-ci-lint.checkstyle.xml" $GO_CI_LINT_ARGS
+    - |
+      glc_ver_major=$(golangci-lint version | cut -d' ' -f4 | cut -d'.' -f1)
+      if [[ "$glc_major_ver" == "1" ]]
+      then
+        golangci-lint run --out-format "colored-line-number:stdout,code-climate:reports/go-ci-lint.codeclimate.json,checkstyle:reports/go-ci-lint.checkstyle.xml" $GO_CI_LINT_ARGS
+      else
+        golangci-lint run --output.text.path stdout --output.code-climate.path reports/go-ci-lint.codeclimate.json --output.checkstyle.path reports/go-ci-lint.checkstyle.xml $GO_CI_LINT_ARGS
+      fi
   artifacts:
     name: "$CI_JOB_NAME artifacts from $CI_PROJECT_NAME on $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
     expire_in: 1 day