diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 0044d6cb9691..f5b00dc262be 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20.1
+1.20.3
diff --git a/changelog/_go-ver-1132.txt b/changelog/_go-ver-1132.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48c63ff472ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_go-ver-1132.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:change
+core: Bump Go version to 1.20.3.
+```