diff --git a/assets/linters-info.json b/assets/linters-info.json
index b30f5f8d3405..de604dc80e64 100644
--- a/assets/linters-info.json
+++ b/assets/linters-info.json
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
   },
   {
     "name": "nilnesserr",
-    "desc": "This linter reports that it checks for err != nil, but it returns a different nil value error.\npowered by nilness and nilerr.",
+    "desc": "Reports constructs that checks for err != nil, but returns a different nil value error. Powered by nilness and nilerr.",
     "loadMode": 8767,
     "inPresets": [
       "bugs"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7030f2f87620..02e8a6a68e84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.5
 	github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0
 	github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11
-	github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.1
+	github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.2
 	github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.6.0
 	github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v1.2.0
 	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b0570ef00b60..c70940f9fe05 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0 h1:Hbq0/3fJPQhNkN0dR95AVrr6R7tou91y0uHG5pO
 github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:VetnK3dIgFBBKmg0YnD9F9x6Icjd+9cvfHR56wJVlKE=
 github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11 h1:SFwnQXJ49Kx/1GghOFz1XGqHYKp21Kq1nHad/0WQRnw=
 github.com/alingse/asasalint v0.0.11/go.mod h1:nCaoMhw7a9kSJObvQyVzNTPBDbNpdocqrSP7t/cW5+I=
-github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.1 h1:7cYuJewpy9jFNMEA72Q1+3Nm3zKHzg+Q28D5f2bBFUA=
-github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.1/go.mod h1:1xJPrXonEtX7wyTq8Dytns5P2hNzoWymVUIaKm4HNFg=
+github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.2 h1:Yf8Iwm3z2hUUrP4muWfW83DF4nE3r1xZ26fGWUKCZlo=
+github.com/alingse/nilnesserr v0.1.2/go.mod h1:1xJPrXonEtX7wyTq8Dytns5P2hNzoWymVUIaKm4HNFg=
 github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.6.0 h1:D3aewfM37Yb3pxHujIPSpTf6oQk9sc9WZi8gerOIVIY=
 github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Y8j9jy9ZYAEHXdu723cUlraTqbzjKF1MUyfOKL+AjcU=
 github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v1.2.0 h1:/2Lp1bypdmK9wDIq7uWBlDF1iMUpIIS4A+pF6C9IEUU=