diff --git a/GOLANG_VERSION b/GOLANG_VERSION
index ca8ec414e7..d8c40e539c 100644
--- a/GOLANG_VERSION
+++ b/GOLANG_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.23.5
+1.23.6
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c96d19c4f7..0dfbc56701 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 
-go 1.23.5
+go 1.23.6
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1
diff --git a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
index e221e8e417..5c03772840 100644
--- a/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/custom-error-pages/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/custom-error-pages
 
-go 1.23.5
+go 1.23.6
 
 require github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 
diff --git a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
index 8db2af11b9..186467b24c 100644
--- a/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module example.com/authsvc
 
-go 1.23.5
+go 1.23.6
 
 require k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.1
 
diff --git a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
index bab5f8775c..343e325a72 100644
--- a/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
+++ b/images/kube-webhook-certgen/rootfs/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/jet/kube-webhook-certgen
 
-go 1.23.5
+go 1.23.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/onrik/logrus v0.11.0
diff --git a/magefiles/go.mod b/magefiles/go.mod
index 5bb8b79ee1..f11ab740e3 100644
--- a/magefiles/go.mod
+++ b/magefiles/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/ingress-nginx/magefiles
 
-go 1.23.5
+go 1.23.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0