diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 88f672aefa..609cd77496 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
-        go-version: ^1.18
+        go-version: '^1.19.0'
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.18
+          go-version: '^1.19.0'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.18
+          go-version: '^1.19.0'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.18
+          go-version: '^1.19.0'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c25b1f02a2..78444e24b8 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 run:
   deadline: 5m
+  go: '1.19'
 
 linters:
   # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index e7af482e26..a520b897f1 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible
diff --git a/cmd/config/docs/api-conventions/functions-impl.md b/cmd/config/docs/api-conventions/functions-impl.md
index e0cbaa9c4e..a74767174d 100644
--- a/cmd/config/docs/api-conventions/functions-impl.md
+++ b/cmd/config/docs/api-conventions/functions-impl.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ End-of-message
 `Dockerfile` installs `kustomize fn` and copies the script into the container image.
 
 ```
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 RUN go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config
 RUN mv /go/bin/config /usr/bin/config
 COPY nginx-template.sh /usr/bin/nginx-template.sh
diff --git a/cmd/config/go.mod b/cmd/config/go.mod
index b17d45c5cc..005670cf7a 100644
--- a/cmd/config/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/config/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Dockerfile b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Dockerfile
index 1562cf73ed..25a0d55668 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/go.mod b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/go.mod
index 81e9fc0c47..7066157395 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/api/docs.go b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/api/docs.go
index 70de9fb4ba..10b3591851 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/api/docs.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/generateddocs/api/docs.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The script wraps itself using ` + "`" + `config run wrap -- $0` + "`" + ` which
 
 ` + "`" + `Dockerfile` + "`" + ` installs ` + "`" + `kustomize fn` + "`" + ` and copies the script into the container image.
 
-	FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+	FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 	RUN go get sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config
 	RUN mv /go/bin/config /usr/bin/config
 	COPY nginx-template.sh /usr/bin/nginx-template.sh
diff --git a/cmd/depprobcheck/go.mod b/cmd/depprobcheck/go.mod
index 9f8a3ea2a0..a887dda000 100644
--- a/cmd/depprobcheck/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/depprobcheck/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/depprobcheck
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.20.4
diff --git a/cmd/gorepomod/go.mod b/cmd/gorepomod/go.mod
index f12640bd0f..f19e38ce3e 100644
--- a/cmd/gorepomod/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/gorepomod/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/gorepomod
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2
 
diff --git a/cmd/k8scopy/go.mod b/cmd/k8scopy/go.mod
index 3c8b1c62fe..bb703beb3e 100644
--- a/cmd/k8scopy/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/k8scopy/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/k8scopy
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
diff --git a/cmd/mdtogo/go.mod b/cmd/mdtogo/go.mod
index 9b688a7560..7cf28227e8 100644
--- a/cmd/mdtogo/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/mdtogo/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/mdtogo
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
index 6f5bb61176..9284b9080a 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/pluginator/v2
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
diff --git a/cmd/pluginator/internal/krmfunction/converter.go b/cmd/pluginator/internal/krmfunction/converter.go
index 6b7c7c3584..6914c402c6 100644
--- a/cmd/pluginator/internal/krmfunction/converter.go
+++ b/cmd/pluginator/internal/krmfunction/converter.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (c *Converter) Convert() error {
 }
 
 func (c *Converter) getDockerfile() string {
-	return `FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+	return `FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY . .
diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/Dockerfile
index 91d710ec4e..b18298d594 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
index 5205e8137b..7a9124663a 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/image/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/functions/examples/application-cr
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.4
diff --git a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/Dockerfile
index 91d710ec4e..b18298d594 100644
--- a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/go.mod
index e5f524b633..cecfdd8db2 100644
--- a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/image/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/Dockerfile
index 91d710ec4e..b18298d594 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/go.mod
index 7e3817373a..67039b1275 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/image/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/functions/examples/template-go-nginx
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/image/Dockerfile
index 4887e3c10f..bbf1741e94 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 RUN go get -v sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize
 
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/Dockerfile
index c5b770c41e..9a115cf66d 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FROM alpine:latest as schemas
 RUN apk --no-cache add git
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/instrumenta/kubernetes-json-schema.git
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch as function
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye as function
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/go.mod
index 0ca3ccf983..d495f03b51 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/image/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/functions/examples/validator-kubeval
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/instrumenta/kubeval v0.0.0-20190918223246-8d013ec9fc56
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/Dockerfile b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/Dockerfile
index 91d710ec4e..b18298d594 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/go.mod b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/go.mod
index bb2df0a31c..d64c14e70c 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/go.mod
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/image/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.7
 
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index cd347c0640..78f903667b 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 use (
 	./api
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index d28bbd42e8..f66b94ea90 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
diff --git a/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command.go b/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command.go
index 2a8ddd4bc3..77498c1f68 100644
--- a/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command.go
+++ b/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command.go
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ func Build(p framework.ResourceListProcessor, mode CLIMode, noPrintError bool) *
 // the function into a container image.
 // The gen command takes one argument: the directory where the Dockerfile will be created.
 //
-//		go run main.go gen DIR/
+//	go run main.go gen DIR/
 func AddGenerateDockerfile(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	gen := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:  "gen [DIR]",
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(args[0], "Dockerfile"), []byte(`FROM golang:1.18-alpine as builder
+			if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(args[0], "Dockerfile"), []byte(`FROM golang:1.19-alpine as builder
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
diff --git a/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command_test.go b/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command_test.go
index 5596c787ca..c70ab90e12 100644
--- a/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/fn/framework/command/command_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestCommand_dockerfile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 
-	expected := `FROM golang:1.18-alpine as builder
+	expected := `FROM golang:1.19-alpine as builder
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
diff --git a/kyaml/fn/framework/example/Dockerfile b/kyaml/fn/framework/example/Dockerfile
index c8081af465..2d53bde38e 100644
--- a/kyaml/fn/framework/example/Dockerfile
+++ b/kyaml/fn/framework/example/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM golang:1.18-stretch
+FROM golang:1.19-bullseye
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/
 COPY . .
diff --git a/kyaml/go.mod b/kyaml/go.mod
index 56f7f79368..f308012963 100644
--- a/kyaml/go.mod
+++ b/kyaml/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/go.mod
index e782891b4a..83312cdbae 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/annotationstransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/configmapgenerator/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/configmapgenerator/go.mod
index 5a5defcedc..d980eadf35 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/configmapgenerator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/configmapgenerator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/configmapgenerator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/go.mod
index c9f12d1832..895691e1a9 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/hashtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/go.mod
index 1a6e6ec07e..d6385299ec 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/helmchartinflationgenerator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/iampolicygenerator/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/iampolicygenerator/go.mod
index 93f12fb023..d977c2a1c8 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/iampolicygenerator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/iampolicygenerator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/iampolicypgenerator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
index 8d4ce15587..bfaee49d80 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/imagetagtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/go.mod
index 02537c26a7..410bf7f78e 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/labeltransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/go.mod
index 24c2af152e..bc53810e8f 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/legacyordertransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/go.mod
index 4fd52d7318..4a3acbc08c 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/namespacetransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchjson6902transformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/patchjson6902transformer/go.mod
index 4fa6ed18ff..2a96158d44 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchjson6902transformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchjson6902transformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/patchjson6902transformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchstrategicmergetransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/patchstrategicmergetransformer/go.mod
index 2b4dc8180e..658256e486 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchstrategicmergetransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchstrategicmergetransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/patchstrategicmergetransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/go.mod
index 52507efdbc..89ff699228 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/patchtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/prefixtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/prefixtransformer/go.mod
index 5e4b75512a..40dadb9c28 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/prefixtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/prefixtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/prefixtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/replacementtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/replacementtransformer/go.mod
index 5be3d56fce..3a763c3b41 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/replacementtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/replacementtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/replacementtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/go.mod
index 3d768d0355..026ffa2153 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/replicacounttransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/secretgenerator/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/secretgenerator/go.mod
index 428a95cc30..78fcdf2691 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/secretgenerator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/secretgenerator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/secretgenerator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/suffixtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/suffixtransformer/go.mod
index b28b3e4b4d..d8b65db8a5 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/suffixtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/suffixtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/suffixtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/go.mod
index a7ca850770..245d06f2ba 100644
--- a/plugin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/builtin/valueaddtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/bashedconfigmap/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/bashedconfigmap/go.mod
index c73f251695..51a6a442ee 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/bashedconfigmap/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/bashedconfigmap/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/bashedconfigmap
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/calvinduplicator/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/calvinduplicator/go.mod
index 8e4e2c0b04..da0d06596a 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/calvinduplicator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/calvinduplicator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/calvinduplicator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/dateprefixer/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/dateprefixer/go.mod
index e3feed4bd6..9c6d2988b8 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/dateprefixer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/dateprefixer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/dateprefixer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/printpluginenv/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/printpluginenv/go.mod
index 1c22a7c22b..3750d68a69 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/printpluginenv/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/printpluginenv/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/printpluginenv
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/secretsfromdatabase/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/secretsfromdatabase/go.mod
index 137daf93b2..d37c55e40e 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/secretsfromdatabase/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/secretsfromdatabase/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/secretsfromdatabase
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/sedtransformer/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/sedtransformer/go.mod
index 2bcf197bd0..96e64597c3 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/sedtransformer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/sedtransformer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/sedtransformer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/someservicegenerator/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/someservicegenerator/go.mod
index 02735eca90..f70396b22a 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/someservicegenerator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/someservicegenerator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/someservicegenerator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/starlarkmixer/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/starlarkmixer/go.mod
index e28371e226..9a416e4edc 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/starlarkmixer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/starlarkmixer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/starlarkmixer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/stringprefixer/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/stringprefixer/go.mod
index 2e3b8b13de..4ba481fb22 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/stringprefixer/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/stringprefixer/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/stringprefixer
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/go.mod b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/go.mod
index a82ede3fbb..81cdb2d32d 100644
--- a/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/someteam.example.com/v1/validator
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/go.mod b/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/go.mod
index 5f5579a5c4..46201a2e8c 100644
--- a/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/go.mod
+++ b/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/plugin/untested/v1/gogetter
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.5
 
diff --git a/releasing/cloudbuild.sh b/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
index 2b2836de89..3d69975c18 100755
--- a/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
+++ b/releasing/cloudbuild.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # To test it locally, run it in a goreleaser container:
 #
 #   # Get build image from cloudbuild.yaml
-#   export GOLANG_IMAGE=golang:1.18
+#   export GOLANG_IMAGE=golang:1.19
 #
 #   # Drop into a shell
 #   docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash -v $(pwd):/go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize -w /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize $GOLANG_IMAGE
diff --git a/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml b/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
index cc48be2056..131e98554f 100644
--- a/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/releasing/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ steps:
 
 # Run goreleaser indirectly via a shell script
 # to configure it properly.
-- name: golang:1.18
+- name: golang:1.19
   entrypoint: /bin/bash
   dir: myClone
   secretEnv: ['GITHUB_TOKEN']
diff --git a/site/content/en/contribute/mac/_index.md b/site/content/en/contribute/mac/_index.md
index ebb6ddbb4d..01e4a4067d 100644
--- a/site/content/en/contribute/mac/_index.md
+++ b/site/content/en/contribute/mac/_index.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description: >
 
 First install the tools to build and run tests
 
-### Install go 1.18
+### Install go 1.19
 
 [Instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install)