diff --git a/hack/verify-boilerplate.sh b/hack/verify-boilerplate.sh
index db7c2eef..d32dd174 100755
--- a/hack/verify-boilerplate.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-boilerplate.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-VERSION=v0.2.1
+VERSION=v0.2.5
 URL_BASE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/repo-infra
 URL=$URL_BASE/$VERSION/hack/verify_boilerplate.py
 BIN_DIR=bin
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index 3361da56..fa2a37fe 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=v1.38.0
+VERSION=v1.44.0
 URL_BASE=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint
 URL=$URL_BASE/$VERSION/install.sh