diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 011de3c..ce2f3c1 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 	--build-arg org_opencord_vcs_dirty="${DOCKER_LABEL_VCS_DIRTY}"
 
 # tool containers
-VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 2.4.0
+VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 3.1.1
 
 GO                = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app -v gocache:/.cache -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-golang go
 GO_JUNIT_REPORT   = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app -i voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-go-junit-report go-junit-report
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 sca: ## Runs static code analysis with the golangci-lint tool
 	@mkdir -p ./sca-report
 	@echo "Running static code analysis..."
-	@${GOLANGCI_LINT} run --deadline=6m --out-format junit-xml ./... | tee ./sca-report/sca-report.xml
+	@${GOLANGCI_LINT} run  --out-format junit-xml ./... | tee ./sca-report/sca-report.xml
 	@echo "Static code analysis OK"
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------