diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e2486c12..00b6869f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Run Go Releaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 0fb60c8a..dd486d11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          check-latest: true
+
 
       - name: Install Go Releaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 93a9ebf5..ae3ba057 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # builder stage
-FROM registry.suse.com/bci/golang:1.21 AS builder
+FROM registry.suse.com/bci/golang:1.23 AS builder
 
 RUN zypper --non-interactive install make bash wget ca-certificates
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abdaa672..1e300c63 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module hauler.dev/go/hauler
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be