diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index c3d46a7..b28eb00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
 
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@3a919529898de77ec3da873e3063ca4b10e7f5cc # v3
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9
         with:
-          version: v1.64.8
+          version: v2.13.2
           args: --timeout=5m
 
       - name: Build
diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
index ccfa71e..3dc56f0 100644
--- a/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func runScenario(b *testing.B, scenario BenchmarkScenario) {
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	defer l1Cache.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = l1Cache.Close() }()
 
 	// Setup not-found cache
 	// Use freshTTL + staleTTL as cache expiration
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func runScenario(b *testing.B, scenario BenchmarkScenario) {
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	defer notFoundCache.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = notFoundCache.Close() }()
 
 	// Upstream: DB query wrapped in Entry
 	upstream := UpstreamFunc[*Entry[*Product]](func(ctx context.Context, key string) (*Entry[*Product], error) {
diff --git a/bigcache_test.go b/bigcache_test.go
index ca730fa..2a3c8ff 100644
--- a/bigcache_test.go
+++ b/bigcache_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func newBigCache(tb testing.TB) *BigCache {
 		},
 	})
 	require.NoError(tb, err)
-	tb.Cleanup(func() { cache.Close() })
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { _ = cache.Close() })
 	return cache
 }
 
diff --git a/entry_test.go b/entry_test.go
index 465e5b0..939c659 100644
--- a/entry_test.go
+++ b/entry_test.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestEntryWithClient(t *testing.T) {
 		config.TTL = 1 * time.Minute
 		cache, err := NewRistrettoCache(config)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		defer cache.Close()
+		defer func() { _ = cache.Close() }()
 
 		// Mock upstream data source
 		fetchCount := 0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9fc5a61..8b6998d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/theplant/cachex
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.35.0
@@ -9,27 +9,31 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.16.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0
 	gorm.io/datatypes v1.2.7
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.6.0
 	gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1
 )
 
 require (
-	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
+	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	gorm.io/driver/mysql v1.5.6 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aef57b9..fc5b218 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 h1:FNf4tywRC1HmFuKW5xopWpigGjJKiJSV0Cqo0cJWDaA=
-filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=
+filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.1 h1:YpjwWWlNmGIDyXOn8zLzqiD+9TyIlPhGFG96P39uBpw=
+filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=
 github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.35.0 h1:QwLphYqCEAo1eu1TqPRN2jgVMPBweeQcR21jeqDCONI=
 github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.35.0/go.mod h1:TcL7YfarKPGDAthEtl5NBeHZfeUQj6OXMm/+iu5cLMM=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3 v3.1.0 h1:H2Vp8VOvxcrB91o86fUSVJFqeuz8kpyyB02eH3bSzwk=
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
 github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2 v2.3.0 h1:qTQ38m7oIyd4GAed/QkUZyPFNMnvVWyazGXRwvOt5zk=
@@ -31,16 +32,24 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
-github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20231201235250-de7065d80cb9 h1:L0QtFUgDarD7Fpv9jeVMgy/+Ec0mtnmYuImjTz6dtDA=
-github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20231201235250-de7065d80cb9/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.5 h1:amBjrZVmksIdNjxGW/IiIMzxMKZFelXbUoPNb+8sjQw=
-github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.5/go.mod h1:ez9gk+OAat140fv9ErkZDYFWmXLfV+++K0uAOiwgm1A=
-github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
-github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0 h1:IzBBtyK9AHqf98cctWFifYSci2hgQR/cd56wB4p+ogg=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.11.0/go.mod h1:mal1tBGAFfLHvZzaYh77YS/eC6IX9OWbRV1QIIM0Jn4=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
 github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5 h1:/o9tlHleP7gOFmsnYNz3RGnqzefHA47wQpKrrdTIwXQ=
 github.com/jinzhu/now v1.1.5/go.mod h1:d3SSVoowX0Lcu0IBviAWJpolVfI5UJVZZ7cO71lE/z8=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
+github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 h1:2gZY6PC6kBnID23Tichd1K+Z0oS6nE/XwU+Vz/5o4kU=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v1.7.2 h1:CHkFJiObW7ItKTJfHo1QX7QBBD1iV+mn1eOyRP3b/PA=
@@ -51,20 +60,25 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.16.0 h1:OotgqgLSRCmzfqChbQyG1PHC3tLNR89DG4jdOERSEP4=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.16.0/go.mod h1:u410H11HMLoB+TP67dz8rL9s6QW2j76l0//kSOd3370=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBOAvL+k=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1 h1:kYKnWBjvbNP4XLT3+bPEwAXJx262OhaHDWDVOPjL46M=
 github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 h1:dIJU/v2J8Mdglj/8rJ6UUOM3Zc9zLZxVZwwxMooUSAI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 h1:l60nONMj9l5drqw6jlhIELNv9I0A4OFgRsG9k2oT9Ug=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 h1:vz1N37gP5bs89s7He8XuIYXpyY0+QlsKmzipCbUtyxI=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 h1:gK/Kv2otX8gz+wn7Rmb3vT96ZwuoxnQlY+HlJVj7Qug=
-golang.org/x/text v0.20.0/go.mod h1:D4IsuqiFMhST5bX19pQ9ikHC2GsaKyk/oF+pn3ducp4=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 h1:3ZVCjf8Ggz7zneR/EHRVx68Ctf+2pmIMP2UFhh9cC6M=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0/go.mod h1:Fdz0i5U6CoizGwLda9DttjSk6qlZo25zYNtR+ycvuZA=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0 h1:KameEIfc1IkluZyXWLn39Wd4tURc6GbCiISGiZm2bQk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.23.0/go.mod h1:sUUOizhqBxiL6pEWpqNLUiaJn1ShEbZ6BBqskPbjZm0=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 h1:bbX/i/6MgT9BVLM9RT1thmxL04yeTAhbEz4SyadbXoo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0/go.mod h1:hNLxWAXmnKAxqDtdwIYC4bM9oQPEecfsnNMuSxOs3og=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 h1:JbOZXgfeCPU9gacVtYliJqOhD+zhrEqK4LfdpmlUZqI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0/go.mod h1:ojzP1Z+2QtioaF8DTtO8K5q7JWVVYwZKenzujK0Zd0E=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
+gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gorm.io/datatypes v1.2.7 h1:ww9GAhF1aGXZY3EB3cJPJ7//JiuQo7DlQA7NNlVaTdk=
diff --git a/redis_test.go b/redis_test.go
index 6d1034a..6c75ea2 100644
--- a/redis_test.go
+++ b/redis_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func newRedisCache[T any](tb testing.TB) (*RedisCache[T], *miniredis.Miniredis)
 	})
 
 	tb.Cleanup(func() {
-		client.Close()
+		_ = client.Close()
 	})
 
 	cache := NewRedisCache[T](&RedisCacheConfig{
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestRedisCacheWithTTL(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	defer client.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = client.Close() }()
 
 	cache := NewRedisCache[string](&RedisCacheConfig{
 		Client: client,
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestRedisCacheConfigWithPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	defer client.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = client.Close() }()
 
 	prodCache := NewRedisCache[string](&RedisCacheConfig{
 		Client:    client,
diff --git a/transform_test.go b/transform_test.go
index 35fd03b..8ce627c 100644
--- a/transform_test.go
+++ b/transform_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestTransformCacheBasics(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	t.Cleanup(func() { client.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Close() })
 
 	// Create a Cache[string]
 	stringCache := NewRedisCache[string](&RedisCacheConfig{
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestJSONTransform(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	t.Cleanup(func() { client.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Close() })
 
 	// Create a Cache[[]byte]
 	byteCache := NewRedisCache[[]byte](&RedisCacheConfig{
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestStringJSONTransform(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	t.Cleanup(func() { client.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Close() })
 
 	// Create a Cache[string]
 	stringCache := NewRedisCache[string](&RedisCacheConfig{
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestTransformCacheErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			Mode: "disabled",
 		},
 	})
-	t.Cleanup(func() { client.Close() })
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Close() })
 
 	stringCache := NewRedisCache[string](&RedisCacheConfig{
 		Client: client,