diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 294138429..d00fc3d0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        with:
+          version: v1.52
   lint-receptorctl:
     name: lint-receptorctl
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/pkg/controlsvc/controlsvc.go b/pkg/controlsvc/controlsvc.go
index 16aa28bf7..3c5cae445 100644
--- a/pkg/controlsvc/controlsvc.go
+++ b/pkg/controlsvc/controlsvc.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (s *Server) RunControlSession(conn net.Conn) {
 				cc, err = ct.InitFromJSON(jsonData)
 			}
 			if err == nil {
-				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(s.nc.Context())
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 				defer cancel()
 				cfr, err = cc.ControlFunc(ctx, s.nc, cfo)
 			}
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (cfg cmdlineConfigUnix) Run() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	err = MainInstance.RunControlSvc(netceptor.MainInstance.Context(), cfg.Service, tlscfg, cfg.Filename,
+	err = MainInstance.RunControlSvc(context.Background(), cfg.Service, tlscfg, cfg.Filename,
 		os.FileMode(cfg.Permissions), cfg.TCPListen, tcptls)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/netceptor/conn.go b/pkg/netceptor/conn.go
index daa481a7b..1f2ec1397 100644
--- a/pkg/netceptor/conn.go
+++ b/pkg/netceptor/conn.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ type Conn struct {
 
 // Dial returns a stream connection compatible with Go's net.Conn.
 func (s *Netceptor) Dial(node string, service string, tlscfg *tls.Config) (*Conn, error) {
-	return s.DialContext(s.Context(), node, service, tlscfg)
+	return s.DialContext(context.Background(), node, service, tlscfg)
 }
 
 // DialContext is like Dial but uses a context to allow timeout or cancellation.
diff --git a/pkg/types/main.go b/pkg/types/main.go
index df5786dd0..229e77709 100644
--- a/pkg/types/main.go
+++ b/pkg/types/main.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (cfg NodeCfg) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	workceptor.MainInstance, err = workceptor.New(netceptor.MainInstance.Context(), netceptor.MainInstance, cfg.DataDir)
+	workceptor.MainInstance, err = workceptor.New(context.Background(), netceptor.MainInstance, cfg.DataDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/workceptor/kubernetes.go b/pkg/workceptor/kubernetes.go
index a19d51bc5..04ad7d505 100644
--- a/pkg/workceptor/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/workceptor/kubernetes.go
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ func (kw *kubeUnit) Restart() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			kw.w.nc.Logger.Warning("Pod %s could not be deleted: %s", ked.PodName, err.Error())
 		} else {
-			err := kw.clientset.CoreV1().Pods(ked.KubeNamespace).Delete(kw.ctx, ked.PodName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+			err := kw.clientset.CoreV1().Pods(ked.KubeNamespace).Delete(context.Background(), ked.PodName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 			if err != nil {
 				kw.w.nc.Logger.Warning("Pod %s could not be deleted: %s", ked.PodName, err.Error())
 			}
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ func (kw *kubeUnit) Cancel() error {
 	kw.cancel()
 	kw.UpdateBasicStatus(WorkStateCanceled, "Canceled", -1)
 	if kw.pod != nil {
-		err := kw.clientset.CoreV1().Pods(kw.pod.Namespace).Delete(kw.ctx, kw.pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		err := kw.clientset.CoreV1().Pods(kw.pod.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), kw.pod.Name, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
 			kw.w.nc.Logger.Error("Error deleting pod %s: %s", kw.pod.Name, err)
 		}