diff --git a/schema/go.mod b/schema/go.mod
index 054862393ff8..60e8f460af26 100644
--- a/schema/go.mod
+++ b/schema/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module cosmossdk.io/schema
 
-// NOTE: this go.mod should have zero dependencies and remain on go 1.12 to stay compatible
+// NOTE: this go.mod should have zero dependencies and remain on go 1.22 to stay compatible
 // with all known production releases of the Cosmos SDK. This is to ensure that all historical
 // apps could be patched to support indexing if desired.
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.22.2
diff --git a/schema/kind.go b/schema/kind.go
index c3fefad52c8a..94d3934f5090 100644
--- a/schema/kind.go
+++ b/schema/kind.go
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ const (
 	JSONKind
 )
 
-// MAX_VALID_KIND is the maximum valid kind value.
-const MAX_VALID_KIND = JSONKind
+// MaxValidKind is the maximum valid kind value.
+const MaxValidKind = JSONKind
 
 const (
 	// IntegerFormat is a regex that describes the format integer number strings must match. It specifies
diff --git a/schema/kind_test.go b/schema/kind_test.go
index 49799fe4956c..560769b75809 100644
--- a/schema/kind_test.go
+++ b/schema/kind_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestKind_Validate(t *testing.T) {
-	for kind := InvalidKind + 1; kind <= MAX_VALID_KIND; kind++ {
+	for kind := InvalidKind + 1; kind <= MaxValidKind; kind++ {
 		if err := kind.Validate(); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("expected valid kind %s to pass validation, got: %v", kind, err)
 		}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestKind_ValidateValueType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// nils get rejected
-	for kind := InvalidKind + 1; kind <= MAX_VALID_KIND; kind++ {
+	for kind := InvalidKind + 1; kind <= MaxValidKind; kind++ {
 		if err := kind.ValidateValueType(nil); err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("expected nil value to fail validation for kind %s", kind)
 		}