diff --git a/.ci/yamllint.yml b/.ci/yamllint.yml
index 6bf1836..c0fd729 100644
--- a/.ci/yamllint.yml
+++ b/.ci/yamllint.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ rules:
   truthy: disable
   # 80 chars should be enough, but don't fail if a line is longer
   line-length: disable
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
index 73fae7c..8d8dafc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build
         run: go build -race  ./...
       - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkgomod.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkgomod.yaml
index 7649137..40172d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkgomod.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkgomod.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - run: go mod tidy
       - name: Check for changes in go.mod or go.sum
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmd-gogenerate.yaml b/.github/workflows/cmd-gogenerate.yaml
index ada3742..e5cbdf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmd-gogenerate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmd-gogenerate.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - run: go generate ./...
       - name: Check for changes
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-test.yaml
index 8c1ee58..4b070ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-and-test.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build container
         run: docker build .
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker-push.yaml
index dd82618..f1a585a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-push.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build ${NAME}:${GITHUB_SHA::8} image
         run: docker build . -t "${ORG}/${NAME}:${GITHUB_SHA::8}" --target runtime
       - name: Build ${NAME}:latest image
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
index b313248..f330d49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       linter-version:
         description: version of golangci-lint
         type: string
-        default: v1.53.3
+        default: v1.60.3
         required: false
 jobs:
   golangci-lint:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-dependent-repositories.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-dependent-repositories.yaml
index 460deae..b01b62b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-dependent-repositories.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-dependent-repositories.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.token }}
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.repository }} locally
         working-directory: networkservicemesh/${{ matrix.repository }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/resolve-conflicts.yaml b/.github/workflows/resolve-conflicts.yaml
index f756531..2c52e60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/resolve-conflicts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/resolve-conflicts.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Update version manually
         run: |
           branch=${{ inputs.pr_branch_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-gogenerate.yaml b/.github/workflows/sdk-gogenerate.yaml
index 5e08037..390e5a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-gogenerate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-gogenerate.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           version: '3.8.0'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Install proto-gen-go
         run: go install github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go@v1.4.2
       - name: Install go-syncmap
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependent-repositories-gomod.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-dependent-repositories-gomod.yaml
index 33fbd87..043d2df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-dependent-repositories-gomod.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependent-repositories-gomod.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.token }}
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.repository }} locally
         working-directory: networkservicemesh/${{ matrix.repository }}
         run: |
diff --git a/workflow-templates/cmd-ci.yaml b/workflow-templates/cmd-ci.yaml
index 8fa6255..651a3bf 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/cmd-ci.yaml
+++ b/workflow-templates/cmd-ci.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build
         run: go build -race ./...
 
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
         with:
-          version: v1.35.0
+          version: v1.60.3
 
   excludeFmtErrorf:
     name: exclude fmt.Errorf
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - run: go mod tidy
       - name: Check for changes
         run: |
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - run: go generate ./...
       - name: Check for changes
         run: |
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build container
         run: docker build .
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/workflow-templates/docker-push.yaml b/workflow-templates/docker-push.yaml
index 814ce1e..465b582 100644
--- a/workflow-templates/docker-push.yaml
+++ b/workflow-templates/docker-push.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.23.3
       - name: Build ${NAME}:${GITHUB_SHA::8} image
         run: docker build . -t "${ORG}/${NAME}:${GITHUB_SHA::8}" --target runtime
       - name: Build ${NAME}:latest image