diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 783facd..6130aa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v0.1.7
         with:
-          version: v1.26
+          version: v1.28
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   tests-on-windows:
     needs: golangci-lint # run after golangci-lint action to not produce duplicated errors
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e415b79..78e221c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Manuel Sabban <msa@nbs-system.com>
 Mathieu Pasquet <mathieu.pasquet@alterway.fr>
 Mikael Rapp <micke.rapp@gmail.com>
 MitaliBo <mitali.bisht14@gmail.com>
+moul-bot <bot@moul.io>
 Nelly Asher <karmelylle@rambler.ru>
 NocFlame <aad@nocflame.se>
 Quentin Perez <qperez42@gmail.com>
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 19f0767..1d90565 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ all: help
 ##
 
 rwildcard = $(foreach d,$(wildcard $1*),$(call rwildcard,$d/,$2) $(filter $(subst *,%,$2),$d))
+check-program = $(foreach exec,$(1),$(if $(shell PATH="$(PATH)" which $(exec)),,$(error "No $(exec) in PATH")))
 
 ##
 ## rules.mk
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ INSTALL_STEPS += go.install
 
 .PHONY: go.release
 go.release:
+	$(call check-program, goreleaser)
 	goreleaser --snapshot --skip-publish --rm-dist
 	@echo -n "Do you want to release? [y/N] " && read ans && \
 	  if [ $${ans:-N} = y ]; then set -xe; goreleaser --rm-dist; fi
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ ifdef DOCKER_IMAGE
 ifneq ($(DOCKER_IMAGE),none)
 .PHONY: docker.build
 docker.build:
+	$(call check-program, docker)
 	$(call docker_build,$(DOCKERFILE_PATH),$(DOCKER_IMAGE))
 
 BUILD_STEPS += docker.build