diff --git a/.golangci.reference.yml b/.golangci.reference.yml
index 878597c38f45..5476b5ad8563 100644
--- a/.golangci.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.reference.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ linters-settings:
     rules:
       # Name of a rule.
       main:
+        # Used to determine the package matching priority.
+        # There are three different modes: `original`, `strict`, and `lax`.
+        # Default: "original"
+        list-mode: lax
         # List of file globs that will match this list of settings to compare against.
         # Default: $all
         files:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66c1dd461952..f5c36b856a29 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
 	github.com/Djarvur/go-err113 v0.0.0-20210108212216-aea10b59be24
 	github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.1.0
-	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.1.0
+	github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.1.3
 	github.com/alexkohler/nakedret/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/alexkohler/prealloc v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a2ed22f700b1..a95d3e50d156 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.1.0 h1:3ZBs7LAezy8gh0uECsA6C
 github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:rZLTje5A9kFBe0pzhpe2TdhRniBF++PRHQuRpR8esVc=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
-github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.1.0 h1:aQl70G173h/GZYhWf36aE5H0KaujXfVMnn/f1kSDVYY=
-github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:PUBgk35fX4i7JDmwzlJwJ+GMe6NfO1723wmJMgPThNQ=
+github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.0 h1:vDfG60vDtIuf0MEOhmLlLLSzqaRM8EMcgJPdp74zmpA=
+github.com/OpenPeeDeeP/depguard/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:CIzddKRvLBC4Au5aYP/i3nyaWQ+ClszLIuVocRiCYFQ=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.2.2 h1:Z/iVC0xZfWTaFNE6bA3z07T86hd45Xe2eLt6WVy2bbk=
 github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.1.3 h1:M+tqMxB68hcgccRXBMVCPI4UJ+QUfdSx0xdbypKCqA8=
 github.com/alecthomas/go-check-sumtype v0.1.3/go.mod h1:WyYPfhfkdhyrdaligV6svFopZV8Lqdzn5pyVBaV6jhQ=
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 5f85059b5873..c75e7978e391 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -289,9 +289,10 @@ type DepGuardSettings struct {
 }
 
 type DepGuardList struct {
-	Files []string       `mapstructure:"files"`
-	Allow []string       `mapstructure:"allow"`
-	Deny  []DepGuardDeny `mapstructure:"deny"`
+	ListMode string         `mapstructure:"list-mode"`
+	Files    []string       `mapstructure:"files"`
+	Allow    []string       `mapstructure:"allow"`
+	Deny     []DepGuardDeny `mapstructure:"deny"`
 }
 
 type DepGuardDeny struct {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/depguard.go b/pkg/golinters/depguard.go
index 23986708c931..49e471df824d 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/depguard.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/depguard.go
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ func NewDepguard(settings *config.DepGuardSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 	if settings != nil {
 		for s, rule := range settings.Rules {
 			list := &depguard.List{
-				Files: rule.Files,
-				Allow: rule.Allow,
+				ListMode: rule.ListMode,
+				Files:    rule.Files,
+				Allow:    rule.Allow,
 			}
 
 			// because of bug with Viper parsing (split on dot) we use a list of struct instead of a map.