Update to golangci-lint 1.44.2

Change-Id: I3ac92fbcff6d6b0fff94f4dc50b9637a08e95681
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f225a78..aedc15b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.2
+2.5.3