diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index a77802d6..f8cd8870 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ jobs:
         repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
     - name: Setup Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
+      uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
       with:
-        go-version: "1.20"
+        go-version: "1.22"
       if: ${{ matrix.language == 'go' }}
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests-main.yaml
index 4c42c5ed..7f9d5116 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-main.yaml
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           access_token_lifetime: 600s
           project_id: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT }}
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568 # v3.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: "1.22"
       - name: Set up build.env with phony secrets.
         run: cp build.sample.env build.env
       - name: make test
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           curl https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/releases/download/flakybot-1.1.0/flakybot -o flakybot -s -L
           chmod +x ./flakybot
           ./flakybot --repo ${{github.repository}} --commit_hash ${{github.sha}} --build_url https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}
-      
+
   e2e:
     name: e2e tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Set up Cloud SDK'
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@e30db14379863a8c79331b04a9969f4c1e225e0b # v1.1.1
       - name: 'Setup Go'
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568 # v3.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: "1.22"
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@2b82ce82d56a2a04d2637cd93a637ae1b359c0a7 # v2.2.0
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index e9bdf80c..c006ac24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
               console.log('Failed to remove label. Another job may have already removed it!');
             }
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568 # v3.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: "1.22"
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
         with:
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Cloud SDK
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@e30db14379863a8c79331b04a9969f4c1e225e0b # v1.1.1
       - name: 'Setup Go'
-        uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568 # v3.5.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: "1.22"
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@2b82ce82d56a2a04d2637cd93a637ae1b359c0a7 # v2.2.0
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
diff --git a/Dockerfile-operator b/Dockerfile-operator
index 423ece45..9b8e1057 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-operator
+++ b/Dockerfile-operator
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Use the latest stable golang 1.20 to compile to a binary
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.22 as build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang as build
 
 WORKDIR /work
 COPY . .
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2d0c04fd..a82df4c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy-operator
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 85406c4a..383deacd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2/go.mod h1:Bl1zwGIM8/wsvqjsOQLJ/SH+En
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 h1:yMBqmnQ0gyZvEb/+KzuWZOXgllrXT4SADYbvDaXHv/g=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3/go.mod h1:UzaqsxGiab7freDnrUUra0MwWfN/q7tE4j+VcZ0yl14=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572/go.mod h1:9Pwr4B2jHnOSGXyyzV8ROjYa2ojvAY6HCGYYfMoC3Ls=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJYCmNdQXq6neHJOYx3V6jnqNEec=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 h1:b6R2BslTbIEToALKP7LxUvijTsNI9TAe80pLWN2g/HU=
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
@@ -70,7 +73,9 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjY
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.14.0 h1:vSmGj2Z5YPb9JwCWT6z6ihcUvDhuXLc3sJiqd3jMKAY=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.14.0/go.mod h1:JkUdW7JkN0V6rFvsHcJ478egV3XH9NxpD27Hal/PhZw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0 h1:hvMK7xYz4D3HapigLTeGdId/NcfQx1VHMJc60ew99+8=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0/go.mod h1:9sxs+SwGrKI0+PWe4Fxa9tFQQBG5xSsSbMXOI8PPpoQ=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0/go.mod h1:YJmSTw9BoKxJplESWWxlbyttQR4uaEcGy
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -94,9 +100,11 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 h1:TLyB3WofjdOEepBHAU20JdNC1Zbg87elYofWYAY5oZA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=