diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
index 2e911d49d..d61085a33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: checks
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: '1.22'
+  GO_VERSION: '1.23'
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: golangci-lint
         # Switch back to the official action after this bug is fixed: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/3107
         run: |
-          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.58.1
+          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.61.0
           $(go env GOPATH)/bin/golangci-lint run --out-format=github-actions --timeout=15m --verbose
   go-mod-tidy:
     name: go mod tidy
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9fb654d79..41e031690 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 run:
-  # Timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m.
-  # Default: 1m
   timeout: 5m
+  go: 1.23
 
 linters:
   disable-all: true
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ linters:
     - govet
     - errcheck
     - gosec
-    # - lll
 
 issues:
   exclude-rules:
@@ -31,16 +29,7 @@ issues:
 
 linters-settings:
   gofumpt:
-    # Select the Go version to target.
-    # Default: 1.15
-    lang-version: "1.22"
-
-    # Choose whether to use the extra rules.
-    # Default: false
     extra-rules: true
-
-    # Module path which contains the source code being formatted.
-    # Default: empty string
     module-path: github.com/netapp/trident
 
   goimports:
@@ -51,14 +40,16 @@ linters-settings:
   lll:
     # Max line length, lines longer will be reported.
     # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option.
-    # Default: 120.
     line-length: 120
     # Tab width in spaces.
-    # Default: 1
     tab-width: 4
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
-        # Exclude TLS client side erorrs for now, until Trident fully supports TLS1.3
-        - 'G402' # Look for bad TLS connection settings
+      # Exclude TLS client side erorrs for now, until Trident fully supports TLS1.3
+      - G402 # Look for bad TLS connection settings
+      - G115
 
+  govet:
+    disable:
+      - printf
diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 71c406b25..0f300c36a 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 * Docker-compatible container cli, such as nerdctl or docker
 * Make, if not building natively or with linker flags
-* Go 1.21 or greater, to optionally build Trident natively
+* Go 1.23 or greater, to optionally build Trident natively
 
 ### Multi-Platform
 
 * Make
 * Docker
-* Go 1.21 or greater, to optionally build Trident binaries natively
+* Go 1.23 or greater, to optionally build Trident binaries natively
 * jq
 
 ## Makefile Parameters
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Container registry used to tag images and manifests, and optionally to push imag
 
 `GO_IMAGE`
 
-Default: `golang:1.22`
+Default: `golang:1.23`
 
 Container image used by default `$GO_SHELL` to run binary build scripts.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Overrides default Go proxy.
 
 `HELM_IMAGE`
 
-Default: `alpine/helm:3.6.1`
+Default: `alpine/helm:3.16.1`
 
 Container image used by default `$HELM_CMD` to package helm chart.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f253819a1..3b40edf7e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= $(DEFAULT_REGISTRY)
 BUILDX_OUTPUT ?= load
 
 # GO_IMAGE golang image used in default GO_SHELL
-GO_IMAGE ?= golang:1.22
+GO_IMAGE ?= golang:1.23
 
 # GO_CMD go command used for go build
 GO_CMD ?= go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GOPROXY ?=
 GOFLAGS ?=
 
 # HELM_IMAGE helm image used in default HELM_CMD
-HELM_IMAGE ?= alpine/helm:3.6.1
+HELM_IMAGE ?= alpine/helm:3.16.1
 
 # HELM_CHART_VERSION overrides the default chart version
 HELM_CHART_VERSION ?=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 209badeec..48ca8a6d9 100755
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/netapp/trident
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/netapp v1.1.0 // https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go/netapp