diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5f6069ddf4..10abb69630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ on:
     - prep-v[1-9].*
 
 env:
-  BUILDTIME_BASE: "golang:1.21.7-alpine3.18"
+  BUILDTIME_BASE: "golang:1.22.3-alpine3.18"
   # Do not bump past Alpine 3.18 until upstream netfilter problems in iptables v1.8.10 are resolved. See:
   # https://github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-router/issues/1676
   RUNTIME_BASE: "alpine:3.18"
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.7"
+  GO_VERSION: "~1.22.3"
   GO_CACHE: "/home/runner/.cache/go-build"
   GO_MOD_CACHE: "/home/runner/go/pkg/mod"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 528f35f92d..315f26a348 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DOCKER=$(if $(or $(IN_DOCKER_GROUP),$(IS_ROOT),$(OSX)),docker,sudo docker)
 MAKEFILE_DIR=$(dir $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 UPSTREAM_IMPORT_PATH=$(GOPATH)/src/github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-router/
 BUILD_IN_DOCKER?=true
-DOCKER_BUILD_IMAGE?=golang:1.21.7-alpine3.18
+DOCKER_BUILD_IMAGE?=golang:1.22.3-alpine3.18
 ## These variables are used by the Dockerfile as the bases for building and creating the runtime container
 ## During CI these come from .github/workflows/ci.yaml below we define for local builds as well
 GO_CACHE?=$(shell go env GOCACHE)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1d9b775c6e..6ee26b773e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22