diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index b3b9da83f..7c15f83e3 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.22-openshift-4.19
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.23-openshift-4.19
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 497aec7b2..d38e810d1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module gopkg.in/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni.v4
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible