diff --git a/build/checksums.txt b/build/checksums.txt
index d5bd4d0cd3..7c8d3fd5b1 100644
--- a/build/checksums.txt
+++ b/build/checksums.txt
@@ -13,19 +13,20 @@ d7d6c70b05a7c2f68b48aab5ab8cb5116b8444c9ddad131673b152e7cff7c726  go1.16.freebsd
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-bf781f05b0d393b4bf0a327d9e62926949a4f14d7774d950c4e009fc766ed1d4  golangci-lint.exe-1.27.0-windows-amd64.zip
-bf781f05b0d393b4bf0a327d9e62926949a4f14d7774d950c4e009fc766ed1d4  golangci-lint-1.27.0-windows-amd64.zip
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+25fd75bf3186b3d930ecae10185689968fd18fd8fa6f9f555d6beb04348c20f6  golangci-lint-1.39.0-linux-s390x.tar.gz
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+494b66ba0e32c8ddf6c4f6b1d05729b110900f6017eda943057e43598c17d7a8  golangci-lint-1.39.0-windows-386.zip
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diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index fb06c0f420..c94b96821e 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func doLint(cmdline []string) {
 
 // downloadLinter downloads and unpacks golangci-lint.
 func downloadLinter(cachedir string) string {
-	const version = "1.27.0"
+	const version = "1.39.0"
 
 	csdb := build.MustLoadChecksums("build/checksums.txt")
 	base := fmt.Sprintf("golangci-lint-%s-%s-%s", version, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
diff --git a/consensus/ethash/ethash.go b/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
index d922be7773..ec06d02a54 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/ethash.go
@@ -112,12 +112,13 @@ func memoryMapFile(file *os.File, write bool) (mmap.MMap, []uint32, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	// Yay, we managed to memory map the file, here be dragons
-	header := *(*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&mem))
-	header.Len /= 4
-	header.Cap /= 4
-
-	return mem, *(*[]uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&header)), nil
+	// The file is now memory-mapped. Create a []uint32 view of the file.
+	var view []uint32
+	header := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&view))
+	header.Data = (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&mem)).Data
+	header.Cap = len(mem) / 4
+	header.Len = header.Cap
+	return mem, view, nil
 }
 
 // memoryMapAndGenerate tries to memory map a temporary file of uint32s for write
diff --git a/eth/catalyst/api_test.go b/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
index 456b6867bd..b8a6e43fcd 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/ethash"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
@@ -67,8 +66,21 @@ func generateTestChainWithFork(n int, fork int) (*core.Genesis, []*types.Block,
 		fork = n - 1
 	}
 	db := rawdb.NewMemoryDatabase()
-	//nolint:composites
-	config := &params.ChainConfig{big.NewInt(1337), big.NewInt(0), nil, false, big.NewInt(0), common.Hash{}, big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), big.NewInt(0), nil, nil, big.NewInt(0), new(params.EthashConfig), nil}
+	config := &params.ChainConfig{
+		ChainID:             big.NewInt(1337),
+		HomesteadBlock:      big.NewInt(0),
+		EIP150Block:         big.NewInt(0),
+		EIP155Block:         big.NewInt(0),
+		EIP158Block:         big.NewInt(0),
+		ByzantiumBlock:      big.NewInt(0),
+		ConstantinopleBlock: big.NewInt(0),
+		PetersburgBlock:     big.NewInt(0),
+		IstanbulBlock:       big.NewInt(0),
+		MuirGlacierBlock:    big.NewInt(0),
+		BerlinBlock:         big.NewInt(0),
+		CatalystBlock:       big.NewInt(0),
+		Ethash:              new(params.EthashConfig),
+	}
 	genesis := &core.Genesis{
 		Config:    config,
 		Alloc:     core.GenesisAlloc{testAddr: {Balance: testBalance}},