diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ef1321bd80e9..6012c5b95596 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ashanbrown/forbidigo v1.3.0
 	github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v1.1.0
 	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.0
-	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.5.0
+	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.6.0
 	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/breml/bidichk v0.2.1
 	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.2.1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yagipy/maintidx v1.0.0
 	github.com/yeya24/promlinter v0.1.1-0.20210918184747-d757024714a1
 	gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.2.1
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9-0.20211228192929-ee1ca4ffc4da
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.2.2
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a24118271c17..f14e62f789b0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6r
 github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:+zsyZBPWlz7T6j88CTgSN5bM796AkVf0kBD4zp0CCIs=
 github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.0 h1:7Jmnh0yL2DjKfw28p86YTd/B4lRGcNuu12sKE35sM7A=
 github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qOI0yy6A7dYC4Zgsa72Ppm9kONl0RoIlPbzot9mhmeI=
-github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.5.0 h1:v9LpMwxzTqAJC4lsD/jR7zWb8a66trcqhTEH4Mk6Fio=
-github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Mc0nLBKI1/FP0Ga4kqMOgBig0eS5QtR107JnMAb1Wuc=
+github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.6.0 h1:TOIDk9qRIMspALZKX8x+5hQfAjuvAFogppnxtvuNmBo=
+github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.6.0/go.mod h1:zy2Eic4qWqjrxa60jG34cfL0VXcSwzUrIx68eJPb4Q8=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0 h1:Mka/+kRLoQJq7g2rggtgQsjuI/K5Efd87WX96EWFxjM=
 github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:st10JtZYLE4D5sC7b8xV4zTKZwAQjCH/Hy2Pm1FNZIc=
 github.com/breml/bidichk v0.2.1 h1:SRNtZuLdfkxtocj+xyHXKC1Uv3jVi6EPYx+NHSTNQvE=
@@ -1190,8 +1190,9 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.4/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.7/go.mod h1:LGqMHiF4EqQNHR1JncWGqT5BVaXmza+X+BDGol+dOxo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.8/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9-0.20211228192929-ee1ca4ffc4da h1:Tno72dYE94v/7SyyIj9iBsc7OOjFu2PyNcl7yxxeZD8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9-0.20211228192929-ee1ca4ffc4da/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9 h1:j9KsMiaP1c3B0OTQGth0/k+miLGTgLsAFUCrF2vLcF8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.1.9/go.mod h1:nABZi5QlRsZVlzPpHl034qft6wpY4eDcsTt5AaioBiU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/varnamelen.go b/pkg/golinters/varnamelen.go
index 3effdf0e1bf6..6e3176f178c6 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/varnamelen.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/varnamelen.go
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ func NewVarnamelen(settings *config.VarnamelenSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		"checks that the length of a variable's name matches its scope",
 		[]*analysis.Analyzer{a},
 		cfg,
-	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeSyntax)
+	).WithLoadMode(goanalysis.LoadModeTypesInfo)
 }