diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-registry-v2-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-registry-v2-tests.yml
index f175995..d934d3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-registry-v2-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-registry-v2-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3.3.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23.1'
           check-latest: true
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-with-binary.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-with-binary.yml
index 6f0c61d..4a194de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-with-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-with-binary.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3.3.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23.1'
           check-latest: true
       - name: build sigscan and check
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/oras-registry-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/oras-registry-tests.yml
index 22d571b..edc9efe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/oras-registry-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/oras-registry-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3.3.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23.1'
           check-latest: true
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e175f08..7a55361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23.1'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Go Build
         run: make sigscan && mv ./sigscan ./${{ matrix.SIGSCAN_TARGET }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/zot-registry-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/zot-registry-tests.yml
index ba74978..2bb42c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zot-registry-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zot-registry-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3.3.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23.1'
           check-latest: true
       - name: Install Cosign
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index db66d50..2d2c4bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/venafi/sigscan
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.23
+
+toolchain go1.23.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.33
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8b8d267..4629fd0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -884,8 +884,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0 h1:nWVM7aq+Il2ABxwiCizrVDSlmDcshi9llbaFbC
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.0/go.mod h1:iRmWllt8IlaLjvTTDLhRBXIEtkCK6hwVBJJsYS9Ajf4=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4 h1:4QVr3UgbyY/d9p74LBhg0njSVQofUsAZqYOzVZBhdBw=
-sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.4/go.mod h1:m1bHfscTemQp+z+pLCZnkXih9n0+WukIUU70n6nFnU0=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5 h1:FUtFqEAN621gSXv0L7kHyWruBeS7TUU9aWf76olX7uQ=
+sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5/go.mod h1:qsm5bdxdgoHkD8HsXpgme2/c3mdsNaiV53Sz2HmKeJA=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=