diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 90863541f27..c2ce0914f78 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ issues:
     # Adding unversioned feature gates is allowed in tests
     - linters:
         - forbidigo
-      text: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      text: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
       path: _test.go$
 
     # The Kubernetes naming convention for conversion functions uses underscores
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ linters-settings: # please keep this alphabetized
       msg: should not be used because managedFields was removed
     - p: \.Add$
       pkg: ^k8s\.io/component-base/featuregate$
-      type: ^MutableFeatureGate$
-      msg: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      msg: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
     - p: ^gomega\.BeTrue$
       pkg: ^github.com/onsi/gomega$
       msg: "it does not produce a good failure message - use BeTrueBecause with an explicit printf-style failure message instead, or plain Go: if ... { ginkgo.Fail(...) }"
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index f7c834116f3..5daa137e02a 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ issues:
     # Adding unversioned feature gates is allowed in tests
     - linters:
         - forbidigo
-      text: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      text: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
       path: _test.go$
 
     # TODO(oscr) Remove these excluded directories and fix findings. Due to large amount of findings in different components
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ linters-settings: # please keep this alphabetized
       msg: should not be used because managedFields was removed
     - p: \.Add$
       pkg: ^k8s\.io/component-base/featuregate$
-      type: ^MutableFeatureGate$
-      msg: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      msg: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
   gocritic:
     enabled-checks:
       - equalFold
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml.in b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
index 6c6ed5e99c6..a2987c4b33b 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml.in
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ issues:
     # Adding unversioned feature gates is allowed in tests
     - linters:
         - forbidigo
-      text: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      text: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
       path: _test.go$
 
     {{- if .Base}}
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ linters-settings: # please keep this alphabetized
       msg: should not be used because managedFields was removed
     - p: \.Add$
       pkg: ^k8s\.io/component-base/featuregate$
-      type: ^MutableFeatureGate$
-      msg: should not use MutableFeatureGate.Add, use AddVersioned instead
+      msg: should not use Add, use AddVersioned instead
     {{- if .Hints}}
     - p: ^gomega\.BeTrue$
       pkg: ^github.com/onsi/gomega$
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index 72d8a9382ef..8e48200567a 100755
--- a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
@@ -129,6 +129,22 @@ if [ "${golangci_config}" ]; then
   GOTOOLCHAIN="$(kube::golang::hack_tools_gotoolchain)" go -C "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/tools" build -o "${GOBIN}/logcheck.so" -buildmode=plugin sigs.k8s.io/logtools/logcheck/plugin
 fi
 
+# Verify that the given config is valid. "golangci-lint run" does not
+# do that, which makes it easy to miss mistakes while editing the configuration.
+if ! failures=$( "${GOBIN}/golangci-lint" config verify --config="${golangci_config:-}" 2>&1 ); then
+  cat >&2 <<EOF
+
+Verification of the golangci-lint configuration failed. Command:
+
+   ${GOBIN}/golangci-lint config verify --config="${golangci_config:-}")
+
+Result:
+
+$failures
+EOF
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ "${golangci_config}" ]; then
   # The relative path to _output/local/bin only works if that actually is the
   # GOBIN. If not, then we have to make a temporary copy of the config and