diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
index 336aae46..4caec728 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2.3.0
         with:
-          version: v1.28.3
+          version: v1.44.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b513bab1..73b95d00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download modules
         run: go mod tidy -v
       - name: Run tests
-        run: go test -race ./...
+        run: go test -race $(go list -e ./... | grep -v v4/imgui | grep -v v4/wrapper)
+
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 48071598..2a39c6c8 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 run:
   deadline: 5m
+  skip-dirs:
+    - imgui
+    - wrapper
 
 linters:
   enable-all: true
@@ -11,6 +14,14 @@ linters:
     - goimports # disabled because of so many false-positives with "imgui-go"
     - gofumpt # disabled because no extra need
     - wsl # this one has become too pedantic
+    - ifshort # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - exhaustivestruct # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - nlreturn # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - paralleltest # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - varnamelen # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - gci # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - forcetypeassert # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
+    - gomnd # was not available in v.1.28.3 and will be skipped for now
 
 issues:
   exclude-use-default: false # disable filtering of defaults for better zero-issue policy
@@ -26,3 +37,5 @@ linters-settings:
   gocritic:
     disabled-checks:
       - dupSubExpr
+      - commentFormatting
+      - deprecatedComment
diff --git a/imgui/govendorkeep.go b/imgui/govendorkeep.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e27122df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgui/govendorkeep.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package cgoimgui
diff --git a/imgui/misc/freetype/govendorkeep.go b/imgui/misc/freetype/govendorkeep.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e16489f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imgui/misc/freetype/govendorkeep.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package cgofreetype
diff --git a/update_imgui.sh b/update_imgui.sh
index e459533e..2e340917 100755
--- a/update_imgui.sh
+++ b/update_imgui.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ rm -rf $DEST/*
 echo "Copying files"
 # Copy core files
 cp $TMP_IMGUI/*.{h,cpp} $DEST/
+echo "package cgo${DEST}" > $DEST/govendorkeep.go
 
 # Copy freetype
 mkdir -p $DEST/misc/freetype
 cp $TMP_IMGUI/misc/freetype/*.{h,cpp} $DEST/misc/freetype
+echo "package cgofreetype" > $DEST/misc/freetype/govendorkeep.go
 
 # Copy license
 cp $TMP_IMGUI/LICENSE.txt _licenses/imgui-LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/wrapper/govendorkeep.go b/wrapper/govendorkeep.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f564e648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper/govendorkeep.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package cgowrapper
diff --git a/wrapper_cgo_hack.go b/wrapper_cgo_hack.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ea022f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wrapper_cgo_hack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// +build required
+
+package imgui
+
+// This file exists purely to prevent the golang toolchain from stripping
+// away the c source directories and files when `go mod vendor` is used
+// to populate a `vendor/` directory of a project depending on `imgui-go`.
+// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26366
+//
+// How it works:
+//  - every directory which only includes c source files receives a govendorkeep.go file.
+//  - every directory we want to preserve is included here as a _ import.
+//  - this file is given a build to exclude it from the regular build.
+
+import (
+	// Prevent go tooling from stripping out the c source files.
+	_ "github.com/inkyblackness/imgui-go/v4/imgui"
+	_ "github.com/inkyblackness/imgui-go/v4/wrapper"
+	_ "github.com/inkyblackness/imgui-go/v4/imgui/misc/freetype"
+)