diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .golangci.yaml
rename to hack/golangci.yaml
index 29de7f79162..c79fd1cd1ed 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ linters-settings: # please keep this alphabetized
   custom:
     logcheck:
       # Installed there by hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh.
-      path: _output/local/bin/logcheck.so
+      path: ../_output/local/bin/logcheck.so
       description: structured logging checker
       original-url: k8s.io/klog/hack/tools
   gocritic:
diff --git a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
index d143a89ed1f..11ab9ec53d7 100755
--- a/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ invocation=(./hack/verify-golangci-lint.sh "$@")
 # otherwise golangci-lint will report stale results:
 # _output/local/bin/golangci-lint cache clean
 golangci=(env LOGCHECK_CONFIG="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/logcheck.conf" "${GOBIN}/golangci-lint" run)
-golangci_config="${KUBE_ROOT}/.golangci.yaml"
+golangci_config="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/golangci.yaml"
 golangci+=(--config="${golangci_config}")
 
 kube::golang::verify_go_version