diff --git a/.github/config/super-linter.env b/.github/config/super-linter.env
index 2c587e11..8e7f9397 100644
--- a/.github/config/super-linter.env
+++ b/.github/config/super-linter.env
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ VALIDATE_BIOME_LINT=false
 VALIDATE_CHECKOV=false
 VALIDATE_DOCKERFILE_HADOLINT=false
 VALIDATE_GIT_COMMITLINT=false
-# times out
-VALIDATE_GO_MODULES=false
+# golangci-lint (non-module mode) can't handle two Go modules; GO_MODULES covers this
+VALIDATE_GO=false
 # we have many duplicate code in our codebase for demo purposes
 VALIDATE_JSCPD=false
 # conflicts with black
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ VALIDATE_TRIVY=false
 
 FIX_CSHARP=true
 FIX_ENV=true
-FIX_GO=true
 FIX_GOOGLE_JAVA_FORMAT=true
+FIX_GO_MODULES=true
 FIX_JAVASCRIPT_PRETTIER=true
 FIX_JSON=true
 FIX_JSONC=true
diff --git a/examples/go/main.go b/examples/go/main.go
index 944dee15..09e36bf3 100644
--- a/examples/go/main.go
+++ b/examples/go/main.go
@@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ func newHTTPHandler() http.Handler {
 
 	// handleFunc is a replacement for mux.HandleFunc
 	// which enriches the handler's HTTP instrumentation with the pattern as the http.route.
+	//
+	// NOTE: otelhttp.WithRouteTag is marked deprecated, claiming that http.route is
+	// automatically extracted from http.Request.Pattern (Go 1.22+). However, as of
+	// otelhttp v0.64.0 this does not work when otelhttp wraps a ServeMux: the
+	// http.route attribute is read at span creation time, before the ServeMux has
+	// routed the request and populated r.Pattern. WithRouteTag is still needed.
 	handleFunc := func(pattern string, handlerFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) {
-		// Configure the "http.route" for the HTTP instrumentation.
-		handler := otelhttp.WithRouteTag(pattern, http.HandlerFunc(handlerFunc))
+		handler := otelhttp.WithRouteTag(pattern, http.HandlerFunc(handlerFunc)) //nolint:staticcheck
 		mux.Handle(pattern, handler)
 	}
 
diff --git a/examples/go/otel.go b/examples/go/otel.go
index 7cc129c8..ff7a36d1 100644
--- a/examples/go/otel.go
+++ b/examples/go/otel.go
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ func setupOTelSDK(ctx context.Context) (shutdown func(context.Context) error, er
 	// The errors from the calls are joined.
 	// Each registered cleanup will be invoked once.
 	shutdown = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		var err error
+		var errs error
 		for _, fn := range shutdownFuncs {
-			err = errors.Join(err, fn(ctx))
+			errs = errors.Join(errs, fn(ctx))
 		}
 		shutdownFuncs = nil
-		return err
+		return errs
 	}
 
 	// handleErr calls shutdown for cleanup and makes sure that all errors are returned.
diff --git a/examples/go/rolldice.go b/examples/go/rolldice.go
index e82857e9..10d54f27 100644
--- a/examples/go/rolldice.go
+++ b/examples/go/rolldice.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func roll() int {
 	// simulate a long operation
 	// busy wait to make sure it's shown in the flame graph
 	start := time.Now()
+	//nolint:revive // intentional busy wait for flame graph demo
 	for time.Since(start) < 1*time.Second {
-		// busy wait
 	}
 
 	//nolint:gosec