diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index ffa938cf0..810de9f0e 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: golang-1.10
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.20-openshift-4.14
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4dacd6efc..8a895d29b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/whereabouts
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible