diff --git a/.changelog/16182.txt b/.changelog/16182.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd2437dfa433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/16182.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:security
+build: Update to go1.20.1
+```
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8bcb5328e6c2..02a9776c1c37 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ jobs:
             ./scripts/vagrant-linux-unpriv-ui.sh
 
             export PATH="$GOPATH/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"
-            
+
             source ${BASH_ENV}
             . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
             cd ui && yarn install --frozen-lockfile && cd ..
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ executors:
   go:
     working_directory: /go/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
     docker:
-      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.20
+      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.20.1
     resource_class: medium
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ executors:
       resource_class: large
     environment: &machine_env
       <<: *common_envs
-      GOLANG_VERSION: '1.20'
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.20.1
 
   go-macos:
     working_directory: ~/go/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ executors:
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /Users/distiller/go
-      GOLANG_VERSION: '1.20'
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.20.1
 
   go-windows:
     machine:
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ executors:
       GOPATH: c:\gopath
       GOBIN: c:\gopath\bin
       GOTESTSUM_PATH: c:\tmp\test-reports
-      GOLANG_VERSION: '1.20'
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.20.1
       GOTESTSUM_VERSION: 1.7.0
       VAULT_VERSION: 1.4.1
 
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 5fb5a6b4f547..0044d6cb9691 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20
+1.20.1
diff --git a/contributing/README.md b/contributing/README.md
index 5075d8f95fbf..ef54372badf8 100644
--- a/contributing/README.md
+++ b/contributing/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A development environment is supplied via Vagrant to make getting started easier
 
 Developing without Vagrant
 ---
-1. Install [Go 1.20+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
+1. Install [Go 1.20.1+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
 1. Clone this repo
    ```sh
    $ git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad.git
diff --git a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
index 75f369379ad5..05791d6544a9 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
+++ b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ REPO_PATH="${TMP_WORKSPACE}/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad"
 mkdir -p "${TMP_WORKSPACE}/tmp"
 
 install_go() {
-  local go_version="1.20"
+  local go_version="1.20.1"
   local download=
 
   download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.darwin-amd64.tar.gz"
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
index 0fc56c94e0f4..fa166944ed34 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 function install_go() {
-	local go_version="1.20"
+	local go_version="1.20.1"
 	local download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
 		if go version 2>&1 | grep -q "${go_version}"; then