diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index bc1a5dde3..948d2ed32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -28,5 +28,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         with:
-          # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.34.1
+          version: v1.41.1
diff --git a/internal/flowcontrol/base_flow_controller_test.go b/internal/flowcontrol/base_flow_controller_test.go
index 0f4b02281..aa68fe54d 100644
--- a/internal/flowcontrol/base_flow_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/flowcontrol/base_flow_controller_test.go
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Base Flow controller", func() {
 			})
 
 			It("doesn't increase the window size if data is read so fast that the window would be consumed in less than 4 RTTs, but less than half the window has been read", func() {
-				// this test only makes sense if a window update is triggered before half of the window has been consumed
-				Expect(protocol.WindowUpdateThreshold).To(BeNumerically(">", 1/3))
 				bytesRead := controller.bytesRead
 				rtt := scaleDuration(20 * time.Millisecond)
 				setRtt(rtt)