diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1081cb0c3..7a6e71f16 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 
-go 1.23.1
+go 1.22.8
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 9901aa842..b98909b34 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.23.1
+go 1.22.8
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
index 742c2933a..648cb4cf0 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 1.23.1
+go 1.22.8
 
 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 560a471f2..70c2fa5c6 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 1.23.1
+go 1.22.8
 
 require k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
 
diff --git a/magefiles/go.mod b/magefiles/go.mod
index d29cc46cb..8c58b526c 100644
--- a/magefiles/go.mod
+++ b/magefiles/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/magefiles
 
-go 1.23.1
+go 1.22.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0