diff --git a/.golangci.next.reference.yml b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
index 6e6dff421716..1685b9e72ae6 100644
--- a/.golangci.next.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.next.reference.yml
@@ -3788,6 +3788,12 @@ linters:
       # Defaults: [ "Unlock", "RUnlock" ]
       allow-cuddle-with-rhs: [ "Foo", "Bar" ]
 
+      # Allow cuddling with any block as long as the variable is used somewhere in
+      # the block.
+      # https://github.com/bombsimon/wsl/blob/HEAD/doc/configuration.md#allow-cuddle-used-in-block
+      # Default: false
+      allow-cuddle-used-in-block: true
+
       # Causes an error when an If statement that checks an error variable doesn't
       # cuddle with the assignment of that variable.
       # https://github.com/bombsimon/wsl/blob/HEAD/doc/configuration.md#force-err-cuddling
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index faba42dbd1a0..c2ef531ab1dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ashanbrown/makezero v1.2.0
 	github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3
 	github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0
-	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.5.0
+	github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.6.0
 	github.com/breml/bidichk v0.3.2
 	github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.4.0
 	github.com/butuzov/ireturn v0.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e7eadc9ee2a..52ae5f3fc34f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3 h1:faIVMIGDIANuGPWH031CZJTi2ymOQBULs9H21HSMa5
 github.com/bkielbasa/cyclop v1.2.3/go.mod h1:kHTwA9Q0uZqOADdupvcFJQtp/ksSnytRMe8ztxG8Fuo=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0 h1:oqSblyuQvFsW1hbBHh1zfwrKe3kcSj0rnXkKzsQ089M=
 github.com/blizzy78/varnamelen v0.8.0/go.mod h1:V9TzQZ4fLJ1DSrjVDfl89H7aMnTvKkApdHeyESmyR7k=
-github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.5.0 h1:iZRsEvDdyhd2La0FVi5k6tYehpOR/R7qIUjmKk7N74A=
-github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:NOQ3aLF4nD7N5YPXMruR6ZXDOAqLoM0GEpLwTdvmOSc=
+github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.6.0 h1:ew2R/N42su553DKTYqt3HSxaQN+uHQPv4xZ2MBmwaW4=
+github.com/bombsimon/wsl/v4 v4.6.0/go.mod h1:uV/+6BkffuzSAVYD+yGyld1AChO7/EuLrCF/8xTiapg=
 github.com/breml/bidichk v0.3.2 h1:xV4flJ9V5xWTqxL+/PMFF6dtJPvZLPsyixAoPe8BGJs=
 github.com/breml/bidichk v0.3.2/go.mod h1:VzFLBxuYtT23z5+iVkamXO386OB+/sVwZOpIj6zXGos=
 github.com/breml/errchkjson v0.4.0 h1:gftf6uWZMtIa/Is3XJgibewBm2ksAQSY/kABDNFTAdk=
diff --git a/jsonschema/golangci.jsonschema.json b/jsonschema/golangci.jsonschema.json
index f51e5e86eb23..686de7d66405 100644
--- a/jsonschema/golangci.jsonschema.json
+++ b/jsonschema/golangci.jsonschema.json
@@ -3954,6 +3954,11 @@
                 "type": "string"
               }
             },
+            "allow-cuddle-used-in-block": {
+              "description": "Allow cuddling with any block as long as the variable is used somewhere in the block",
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false
+            },
             "allow-multiline-assign": {
               "description": "Allow multiline assignments to be cuddled.",
               "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
index f51e5e86eb23..686de7d66405 100644
--- a/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
+++ b/jsonschema/golangci.next.jsonschema.json
@@ -3954,6 +3954,11 @@
                 "type": "string"
               }
             },
+            "allow-cuddle-used-in-block": {
+              "description": "Allow cuddling with any block as long as the variable is used somewhere in the block",
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false
+            },
             "allow-multiline-assign": {
               "description": "Allow multiline assignments to be cuddled.",
               "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/versiontwo/linters_settings.go b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/versiontwo/linters_settings.go
index 2fe5051699bb..3461620e20f7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/versiontwo/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/internal/migrate/versiontwo/linters_settings.go
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ type WSLSettings struct {
 	AllowCuddleDeclaration           *bool    `yaml:"allow-cuddle-declarations,omitempty" toml:"allow-cuddle-declarations,multiline,omitempty"`
 	AllowCuddleWithCalls             []string `yaml:"allow-cuddle-with-calls,omitempty" toml:"allow-cuddle-with-calls,multiline,omitempty"`
 	AllowCuddleWithRHS               []string `yaml:"allow-cuddle-with-rhs,omitempty" toml:"allow-cuddle-with-rhs,multiline,omitempty"`
+	AllowCuddleUsedInBlock           *bool    `yaml:"allow-cuddle-used-in-block,omitempty" toml:"allow-cuddle-used-in-block,multiline,omitempty"`
 	ForceCuddleErrCheckAndAssign     *bool    `yaml:"force-err-cuddling,omitempty" toml:"force-err-cuddling,multiline,omitempty"`
 	ErrorVariableNames               []string `yaml:"error-variable-names,omitempty" toml:"error-variable-names,multiline,omitempty"`
 	ForceExclusiveShortDeclarations  *bool    `yaml:"force-short-decl-cuddling,omitempty" toml:"force-short-decl-cuddling,multiline,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index 27b67d66da26..db18a564306b 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ var defaultLintersSettings = LintersSettings{
 		AllowCuddleDeclaration:           false,
 		AllowCuddleWithCalls:             []string{"Lock", "RLock"},
 		AllowCuddleWithRHS:               []string{"Unlock", "RUnlock"},
+		AllowCuddleUsedInBlock:           false,
 		ForceCuddleErrCheckAndAssign:     false,
 		ErrorVariableNames:               []string{"err"},
 		ForceExclusiveShortDeclarations:  false,
@@ -972,6 +973,7 @@ type WSLSettings struct {
 	AllowCuddleDeclaration           bool     `mapstructure:"allow-cuddle-declarations"`
 	AllowCuddleWithCalls             []string `mapstructure:"allow-cuddle-with-calls"`
 	AllowCuddleWithRHS               []string `mapstructure:"allow-cuddle-with-rhs"`
+	AllowCuddleUsedInBlock           bool     `mapstructure:"allow-cuddle-used-in-block"`
 	ForceCuddleErrCheckAndAssign     bool     `mapstructure:"force-err-cuddling"`
 	ErrorVariableNames               []string `mapstructure:"error-variable-names"`
 	ForceExclusiveShortDeclarations  bool     `mapstructure:"force-short-decl-cuddling"`
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/wsl/wsl.go b/pkg/golinters/wsl/wsl.go
index 2f71f342e781..12148627eb5b 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/wsl/wsl.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/wsl/wsl.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func New(settings *config.WSLSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 			AllowCuddleWithCalls:             settings.AllowCuddleWithCalls,
 			AllowCuddleWithRHS:               settings.AllowCuddleWithRHS,
 			ForceCuddleErrCheckAndAssign:     settings.ForceCuddleErrCheckAndAssign,
+			AllowCuddleUsedInBlock:           settings.AllowCuddleUsedInBlock,
 			ErrorVariableNames:               settings.ErrorVariableNames,
 			ForceExclusiveShortDeclarations:  settings.ForceExclusiveShortDeclarations,
 			IncludeGenerated:                 true, // force to true because golangci-lint already have a way to filter generated files.