diff --git a/images/gcloud-in-go/Dockerfile b/images/gcloud-in-go/Dockerfile
index 5984b885c9ba..623ab8364a2d 100644
--- a/images/gcloud-in-go/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/gcloud-in-go/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Includes go and gcloud
-FROM golang:1.20
+FROM golang:1.23.4
 
 # add env we can debug with the image name:tag
 ARG IMAGE_ARG