diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f305704827..feb76bd617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
   E2E_SETUP_KIND: yes
   E2E_SETUP_KUBECTL: yes
   SUDO: sudo
-  GO_VERSION: "^1.22"
+  GO_VERSION: "^1.23"
   GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v1.56.2"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 467b73e6b0..3295f965ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 ALL_ARCH = amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x
 PKG = github.com/prometheus/common
 PROMETHEUS_VERSION = 2.53.1
-GO_VERSION = 1.22.5
+GO_VERSION = 1.23.0
 IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/kube-state-metrics
 MULTI_ARCH_IMG = $(IMAGE)-$(ARCH)
 USER ?= $(shell id -u -n)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 206ce2a1b8..fefbc9f72a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2
 
-go 1.22.0
-
-toolchain go1.22.5
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.6.1
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 8f25270889..302640a667 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/kube-state-metrics/v2/tools
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/brancz/gojsontoyaml v0.1.0