diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index a46e354..00ed0be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
           cache: true
 
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 316f288..5728ee4 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ linters:
     - errchkjson
     - errname
     - exhaustive
-    - exportloopref
     - fatcontext
     - forbidigo
     - gci
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index ccb80d6..c8528c7 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
   - name: go (GitHub Actions)
-    version: 1.22
+    version: 1.23
     refPaths:
       - path: .github/workflows/e2e.yml
         match: go-version
-
-  - name: go (go.mod)
-    version: 1.22.5
-    refPaths:
       - path: go.mod
         match: go
diff --git a/git/git_test.go b/git/git_test.go
index 308a376..c6dc75d 100644
--- a/git/git_test.go
+++ b/git/git_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestGetUserName(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEqual(t, fakeUserName, "")
 
 	envVarName := fakeUserName + " env var"
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", envVarName))
+	t.Setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", envVarName)
 	actual, err = git.GetUserName()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, envVarName, actual)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestGetUserEmail(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEqual(t, fakeUserEmail, "")
 
 	envVarEmail := "kubernetes-honk@example.com"
-	require.NoError(t, os.Setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL", envVarEmail))
+	t.Setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL", envVarEmail)
 	actual, err = git.GetUserEmail()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, envVarEmail, actual)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ab7be4..4874df1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/release-sdk
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
-	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 1671585..1cabb2b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 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=