diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8b29a85d6..8e8eb6631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.0.2
 
-      - name: Set up Go 1.19.1
+      - name: Set up Go 1.19.2
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@268d8c0ca0432bb2cf416faae41297df9d262d7f # v3.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19.1'
+          go-version: '1.19.2'
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@8b122486cedac8393e77aa9734c3528886e4a1a8 #v2.0.0
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@268d8c0ca0432bb2cf416faae41297df9d262d7f # v3.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19.1'
+          go-version: '1.19.2'
 
       - name: cache
         uses: actions/download-artifact@fb598a63ae348fa914e94cd0ff38f362e927b741 # v3
@@ -411,12 +411,12 @@ jobs:
           version: v0.15.0
           image: kindest/node:v1.25.2
 
-      - name: Set up Go 1.19.1
+      - name: Set up Go 1.19.2
         id: go
         if: ${{ steps.filter-images.outputs.kube-webhook-certgen == 'true' }}
         uses: actions/setup-go@268d8c0ca0432bb2cf416faae41297df9d262d7f # v3.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.19.1'
+          go-version: '1.19.2'
 
       - name: kube-webhook-certgen image build
         if: ${{ steps.filter-images.outputs.kube-webhook-certgen == 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml b/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
index 42b7f043b..ff11b713c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@268d8c0ca0432bb2cf416faae41297df9d262d7f # v3.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19.1
+          go-version: 1.19.2
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@ff11ca24a9b39f2d36796d1fbd7a4e39c182630a # v3.0.0
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a62d6f61..8204a2087 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ ifneq ($(PLATFORM),)
 	PLATFORM_FLAG="--platform"
 endif
 
-MAC_OS = $(shell uname -s)
-
-ifeq ($(MAC_OS), Darwin)
-	MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS="--load"
-else
-	MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS=
-endif
-
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
 
 BASE_IMAGE ?= $(shell cat NGINX_BASE)
@@ -76,7 +68,6 @@ image: clean-image ## Build image for a particular arch.
 	docker build \
 		${PLATFORM_FLAG} ${PLATFORM} \
 		--no-cache \
-		$(MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS) \
 		--pull \
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE="$(BASE_IMAGE)" \
 		--build-arg VERSION="$(TAG)" \
@@ -94,7 +85,6 @@ image-chroot: clean-chroot-image ## Build image for a particular arch.
 	echo "Building docker image ($(ARCH))..."
 	docker build \
 		--no-cache \
-		$(MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS) \
 		--pull \
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE="$(BASE_IMAGE)" \
 		--build-arg VERSION="$(TAG)" \
diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index ae6860726..09609367a 100755
--- a/build/dev-env.sh
+++ b/build/dev-env.sh
@@ -62,32 +62,13 @@ echo "[dev-env] building image"
 make build image
 docker tag "${REGISTRY}/controller:${TAG}" "${DEV_IMAGE}"
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.24.2@sha256:1f0cee2282f43150b52dc7933183ed96abdcfc8d293f30ec07082495874876f1}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"
 
 if ! kind get clusters -q | grep -q ${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}; then
-echo "[dev-env] creating Kubernetes cluster with kind"
-cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --name ${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME} --image "kindest/node:${K8S_VERSION}" --config=-
-kind: Cluster
-apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
-nodes:
-- role: control-plane
-  kubeadmConfigPatches:
-  - |
-    kind: InitConfiguration
-    nodeRegistration:
-      kubeletExtraArgs:
-        node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
-        authorization-mode: "AlwaysAllow"
-  extraPortMappings:
-  - containerPort: 80
-    hostPort: 80
-    protocol: TCP
-  - containerPort: 443
-    hostPort: 443
-    protocol: TCP
-EOF
+  echo "[dev-env] creating Kubernetes cluster with kind"
+  kind create cluster --name ${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME} --image "kindest/node:${K8S_VERSION}" --config ${DIR}/kind.yaml
 else
   echo "[dev-env] using existing Kubernetes kind cluster"
 fi
diff --git a/build/kind.yaml b/build/kind.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6302a000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/kind.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+kind: Cluster
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+nodes:
+  - role: control-plane
+    kubeadmConfigPatches:
+      - |
+        kind: InitConfiguration
+        nodeRegistration:
+          kubeletExtraArgs:
+            node-labels: "ingress-ready=true"
+            authorization-mode: "AlwaysAllow"
+    extraPortMappings:
+      - containerPort: 80
+        hostPort: 80
+        protocol: TCP
+      - containerPort: 443
+        hostPort: 443
+        protocol: TCP
diff --git a/build/run-in-docker.sh b/build/run-in-docker.sh
index 35ea27819..21d3f2548 100755
--- a/build/run-in-docker.sh
+++ b/build/run-in-docker.sh
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ fi
 
 USER=${USER:-nobody}
 
-MAC_OS="`uname -s`"
-MAC_OS="${MAC_OS:-}"
-if [[ ${MAC_OS} == "Darwin" ]]; then
-	MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS=""
-else
-	MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS="-u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER})" #idk why mac/git fails on the gobuild if these are presented to dockerrun.sh script
-fi
-echo "MAC_OS = ${MAC_OS}, MAC_OS_FLAGS = ${MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS}"
-
 echo "..printing env & other vars to stdout"
 echo "HOSTNAME=`hostname`"
 uname -a
@@ -108,6 +99,5 @@ else
     -v "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"      \
     -v "${INGRESS_VOLUME}:/etc/ingress-controller/"     \
     -w "/go/src/${PKG}"                                 \
-    ${MAC_DOCKER_FLAGS}                                 \
     ${E2E_IMAGE} /bin/bash -c "${FLAGS}"
 fi
diff --git a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
index c2387d90a..012b1880f 100644
--- a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.19.1-alpine3.16 as builder
+FROM golang:1.19.2-alpine3.16 as builder
 RUN mkdir /authsvc
 WORKDIR /authsvc
 COPY . ./
diff --git a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/Dockerfile
index b8e4ef8b1..c45a64dae 100644
--- a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.19.1 as builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.19.2 as builder
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/images/test-runner/Makefile b/images/test-runner/Makefile
index 32e09ca23..38ca5f2b3 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/test-runner/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build: ensure-buildx
 		--progress=$(PROGRESS) \
 		--pull \
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(NGINX_BASE_IMAGE) \
-		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=1.19.1 \
+		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=1.19.2 \
 		--build-arg ETCD_VERSION=3.4.3-0 \
 		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.24.2 \
 		--build-arg RESTY_CLI_VERSION=0.27 \
diff --git a/test/e2e/run.sh b/test/e2e/run.sh
index 6b1cabb4c..0fc6fdb5e 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG:-$HOME/.kube/kind-config-$KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}"
 if [ "${SKIP_CLUSTER_CREATION:-false}" = "false" ]; then
   echo "[dev-env] creating Kubernetes cluster with kind"
 
-  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.21.10@sha256:84709f09756ba4f863769bdcabe5edafc2ada72d3c8c44d6515fc581b66b029c}
+  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.25.2@sha256:9be91e9e9cdf116809841fc77ebdb8845443c4c72fe5218f3ae9eb57fdb4bace}
 
   kind create cluster \
     --verbosity=${KIND_LOG_LEVEL} \