diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangcilint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangcilint.yml
index ff02106f..4d34f062 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangcilint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangcilint.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version: "1.25"
-          lint-version: "v2.7.2"
+          lint-version: "v2.8.0"
           check-latest: true
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: golangci-lint
diff --git a/internal/testutils/repotest/repotest.go b/internal/testutils/repotest/repotest.go
index 1e0f1e45..86fa5cb5 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/repotest/repotest.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/repotest/repotest.go
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ type Repo struct {
 
 // TaskIDs returns the tasks ids (<AppName>.<TaskName>) of all tasks in the AppCfgs slice
 func (r *Repo) TaskIDs() []string {
-	var result []string
+	totalTasks := 0
+	for _, appCfg := range r.AppCfgs {
+		totalTasks += len(appCfg.Tasks)
+	}
+	result := make([]string, 0, totalTasks)
 
 	for _, appCfg := range r.AppCfgs {
 		for _, task := range appCfg.Tasks {
diff --git a/pkg/baur/loader.go b/pkg/baur/loader.go
index 64c832dd..b7e01a72 100644
--- a/pkg/baur/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/baur/loader.go
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ func NewLoader(repoCfg *cfg.Repository, gitCommitIDFunc func() (string, error),
 // If no specifier is passed all tasks of all apps are returned.
 // If multiple specifiers match the same task, it's only returned 1x in the returned slice.
 func (a *Loader) LoadTasks(specifier ...string) ([]*Task, error) {
-	var result []*Task
-
 	specs, err := parseSpecs(specifier)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ func (a *Loader) LoadTasks(specifier ...string) ([]*Task, error) {
 		return a.allTasks(apps)
 	}
 
-	result, err = a.allTasks(apps)
+	result, err := a.allTasks(apps)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}