diff --git a/GOLANG_VERSION b/GOLANG_VERSION
index da9594fd6..013173af5 100644
--- a/GOLANG_VERSION
+++ b/GOLANG_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.5
+1.22.6
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6aeb96031..7877fdd3f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 9da22b9ae..ac741bb5a 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
index 75c488ae9..264ebf427 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 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 require github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1
 
diff --git a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
index 0079040cb..a3396b358 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 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 require k8s.io/apimachinery v0.23.1
 
diff --git a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
index bbbc44215..34cf0284f 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 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/onrik/logrus v0.11.0
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 90135a1e3..f67948b86 100644
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FROM base AS nginx
 ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.25.3
 RUN bash /opt/third_party/build.sh -n ${NGINX_VERSION}
 
-FROM golang:1.22.5-bullseye AS build-init
+FROM golang:1.22.6-bullseye AS build-init
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/app
 COPY . .
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod
index c2fb37d60..115ef686a 100644
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module init-otel
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
diff --git a/magefiles/go.mod b/magefiles/go.mod
index ef6e89197..8e146d70e 100644
--- a/magefiles/go.mod
+++ b/magefiles/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/magefiles
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.22.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0