diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
index f1af6800..2b7effd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
index 62a886ac..53fb7650 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
index 102644b4..1019949e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Install libgit2
         run: |
           sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 648ACFD622F3D138
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 6b8566e9..29af71d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0d95facd..cc969451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Setup QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
index 7799570c..d7e064f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yaml b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
index b557ffc3..062c05fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.x
+          go-version: 1.19.x
       - name: Update component versions
         id: update
         run: |
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 282b4c95..9579bdf3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ for source changes.
 
 Prerequisites:
 
-* go >= 1.17
+* go >= 1.19
 * kubectl >= 1.20
 * kustomize >= 4.4
 * coreutils (on Mac OS)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9699bca6..cee323e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ rwildcard=$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call rwildcard,$(d)/,$(2
 all: test build
 
 tidy:
-	go mod tidy -compat=1.18
-	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.18
+	go mod tidy -compat=1.19
+	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.19
 
 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...