diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yaml b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
index 1c6d2570..33424364 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5.0.1
       with:
-        go-version: ^1.22
+        go-version: 1.21.x
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 689dd59b..501c5c99 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 TEST_INFRA_VERSION ?= latest
 
 # Version of gRPC core used for the gRPC driver
-DRIVER_VERSION ?= v1.62.1
+DRIVER_VERSION ?= v1.68.0
 
 # Prefix for all images used as clone and ready containers, enabling use with
 # registries other than Docker Hub
diff --git a/config/defaults_template.yaml b/config/defaults_template.yaml
index 42258302..56c90d7b 100644
--- a/config/defaults_template.yaml
+++ b/config/defaults_template.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ languages:
   runImage: "{{ .RunImagePrefix }}cxx:{{ .Version }}"
 
 - language: go
-  buildImage: golang:1.20
+  buildImage: golang:1.23
   runImage: "{{ .RunImagePrefix }}go:{{ .Version }}"
 
 - language: java
diff --git a/containers/runtime/controller/Dockerfile b/containers/runtime/controller/Dockerfile
index a0b24bf9..fc8dcfd2 100644
--- a/containers/runtime/controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/runtime/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.20 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests