diff --git a/.ci/pipeline_definitions b/.ci/pipeline_definitions
index d711362f7b63..a7122919bd9d 100644
--- a/.ci/pipeline_definitions
+++ b/.ci/pipeline_definitions
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ autoscaler:
             dockerfile: './cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile'
     steps:
       test:
-        image: 'golang:1.20.5'
+        image: 'golang:1.22.2'
       build:
-        image: 'golang:1.20.5'
+        image: 'golang:1.22.2'
         output_dir: 'binary'
   jobs:
     head-update:
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ vertical-pod-autoscaler:
             dir: 'vertical-pod-autoscaler'
     steps:
       test:
-        image: 'golang:1.20.5'
+        image: 'golang:1.22.2'
       build:
-        image: 'golang:1.20.5'
+        image: 'golang:1.22.2'
         output_dir: 'binary'
   jobs:
     release:
diff --git a/builder/Dockerfile b/builder/Dockerfile
index e02b6cd39efe..ad1381de3777 100644
--- a/builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM golang:1.21.6
+
+FROM golang:1.22.2
 LABEL maintainer="Marcin Wielgus <mwielgus@google.com>"
 
 ENV GOPATH /gopath/
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
index fe65be7444ca..5f263efc56c6 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #############      builder                                  #############
-FROM golang:1.20.5 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.22.2 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/gardener/autoscaler
 COPY . .