diff --git a/changelog/v1.16.24/go-123.yaml b/changelog/v1.16.24/go-123.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f140f9476ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/v1.16.24/go-123.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+changelog:
+  - type: DEPENDENCY_BUMP
+    description: Bumped the go version to 1.23.3
+    dependencyOwner: golang
+    dependencyRepo: go
+    dependencyTag: v1.23.3
+    issueLink: https://github.com/solo-io/solo-projects/issues/7609
+    resolvesIssue: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/publish-artifacts.yaml b/ci/cloudbuild/publish-artifacts.yaml
index 62c4f9b0dd5..d36e9c10c50 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/publish-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/publish-artifacts.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 steps:
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/prepare-go-workspace:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/prepare-go-workspace:0.10.2'
   id: 'prepare-workspace'
   args:
   - '--repo-name'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ steps:
   - 'us-central1-a'
 
 # Run make targets to push docker images to quay.io
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.10.2'
   id: 'publish-docker'
   args:
   - 'publish-docker'
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
   waitFor:
   - 'publish-docker'
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.10.2'
   id: 'release-chart'
   dir: *dir
   args:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ steps:
   - 'gcr-auth'
 
 # Run make targets to retag and push docker images to GCR
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.10.2'
   id: 'docker-push-extended-gcr'
   dir: *dir
   args:
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/run-tests.yaml b/ci/cloudbuild/run-tests.yaml
index 7754d8ff767..c4305a5cf20 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/run-tests.yaml
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/run-tests.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 steps:
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/prepare-go-workspace:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/prepare-go-workspace:0.10.2'
   id: 'prepare-workspace'
   args:
   - '--repo-name'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ steps:
     cd /go/pkg
     gsutil cat gs://$PROJECT_ID-cache/gloo/gloo-mod.tar.gz | tar -xzf - || echo "untar mod cache failed; continuing because we can download deps as we need them"
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.10.2'
   id: 'prepare-envoy'
   dir: *dir
   entrypoint: 'bash'
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ steps:
   waitFor:
   - 'prepare-gcr-zone'
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/go-mod-make:0.10.2'
   id: 'prepare-test-tools'
   dir: *dir
   args:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ steps:
   - 'prepare-gcr-zone'
   - 'prepare-test-credentials'
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.10.2'
   id: 'run-tests'
   dir: *dir
   entrypoint: 'make'
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ steps:
   secretEnv:
   - 'JWT_PRIVATE_KEY'
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.10.2'
   id: 'run-e2e-tests'
   dir: *dir
   entrypoint: 'make'
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ steps:
   secretEnv:
   - 'JWT_PRIVATE_KEY'
 
-- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.8.8'
+- name: 'gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/e2e-go-mod-ginkgo:0.10.2'
   id: 'run-hashicorp-e2e-tests'
   dir: *dir
   entrypoint: 'make'
diff --git a/cloudbuild-cache.yaml b/cloudbuild-cache.yaml
index 998084a1e57..a7eeea41fb8 100644
--- a/cloudbuild-cache.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild-cache.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 options:
   env:
-    - "_GO_VERSION=1.21.5"
+    - "_GO_VERSION=1.23.3"
 
 steps:
 - name: gcr.io/cloud-builders/gsutil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e99d5d07dde..1ab2361c2d9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/solo-io/gloo
 
-go 1.21.11
+go 1.23.3
 
 // Note for developers: upgrading go will also require upgrading go in the following files:
 // ./cloudbuild-cache.yaml,