diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 87b26e8b1..27ddcc14d 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.7
+1.23.4
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 84d20a4dc..b25980371 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-ARG image=public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/eks-distro-minimal-base-nonroot:2024-08-13-1723575672.2
-ARG golang_image=public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.22.5
+ARG image=public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/eks-distro-minimal-base-nonroot:2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
+ARG golang_image=public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.23.4
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM $golang_image AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator
 COPY . .
 RUN go version
-RUN go mod download
+
 ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
-RUN GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH make bin
+RUN GOPROXY=direct GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH make bin
 RUN chown 65532 _output/bin/aws-iam-authenticator
 
-FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro/kubernetes/go-runner:v0.9.0-eks-1-21-4 as go-runner
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro/kubernetes/go-runner:v0.16.4-eks-1-32-2 AS go-runner
 
 FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM $image
-COPY --from=go-runner /usr/local/bin/go-runner /usr/local/bin/go-runner
+COPY --from=go-runner /go-runner /usr/local/bin/go-runner
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator/_output/bin/aws-iam-authenticator /aws-iam-authenticator
 ENTRYPOINT ["/aws-iam-authenticator"]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 08add6b59..c0faf78de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator
 
-go 1.22.7
+go 1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.54.6
diff --git a/tests/e2e/go.mod b/tests/e2e/go.mod
index c1d9bd283..fe980f5b7 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/tests/e2e/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/tests/e2e
 
-go 1.22.7
+go 1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0
diff --git a/tests/integration/go.mod b/tests/integration/go.mod
index c9639b886..4a2568a43 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go.mod
+++ b/tests/integration/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/tests/integration
 
-go 1.22.7
+go 1.23.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.54.6