diff --git a/GOLANG_VERSION b/GOLANG_VERSION
index 229a27c6f..ac1df3fce 100644
--- a/GOLANG_VERSION
+++ b/GOLANG_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.8
+1.23.3
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fdb988b0b..1e5e18adb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index b98909b34..d9bab1506 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
index 648cb4cf0..9a2f14a9a 100644
--- a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/custom-error-pages
 
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 require github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 
diff --git a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
index 433c5caf4..7e699ac1a 100644
--- a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module example.com/authsvc
 
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 require k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.2
 
diff --git a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
index bf84209bd..4efc9c6d3 100644
--- a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/jet/kube-webhook-certgen
 
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/onrik/logrus v0.11.0
diff --git a/magefiles/go.mod b/magefiles/go.mod
index 8c58b526c..64f18e43d 100644
--- a/magefiles/go.mod
+++ b/magefiles/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/magefiles
 
-go 1.22.8
+go 1.23.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0