diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 67118d358c3..32b4b87af1f 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: go \d+.\d+
 
   - name: "golang: go.mod - go-runner"
-    version: 1.21
+    version: 1.22
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/go.mod
       match: go \d+.\d+
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ dependencies:
 
   # go-runner
   - name: "go-runner"
-    version: v2.3.1
+    version: v2.4.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/VERSION
 
   # go-runner (latest Golang)
   # To be updated before kubernetes/kubernetes update
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/go-runner (go1.23-bookworm)"
-    version: v2.3.1-go1.23.2-bookworm.0
+    version: v2.4.0-go1.23.2-bookworm.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
       match: v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ dependencies:
   # go-runner (previous stable Golang)
   # To be updated before kubernetes/kubernetes update
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/go-runner (go1.22-bookworm)"
-    version: v2.3.1-go1.22.8-bookworm.0
+    version: v2.4.0-go1.22.8-bookworm.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
       match: v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/Makefile b/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
index 0b2fa1a8d9e..f5699818744 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include $(CURDIR)/../../Makefile.common-image
 
 IMGNAME = go-runner
 APP_VERSION = $(shell cat VERSION)
-GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.22
+GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.23
 REVISION ?= 0
 GO_VERSION ?= 1.23.2
 OS_CODENAME ?= bookworm
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/VERSION b/images/build/go-runner/VERSION
index aaf7425f4a9..8721bbc46ad 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/VERSION
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.3.1
+v2.4.0
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/cloudbuild.yaml b/images/build/go-runner/cloudbuild.yaml
index 69ea61ed53e..20e29499de2 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ substitutions:
   _PULL_BASE_REF: 'dev'
   _CONFIG: 'go-major-codename'
   _IMAGE_VERSION: 'v0.0.0-go0.0.0-codename.0'
-  _GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.16'
+  _GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.22'
   _OS_CODENAME: 'codename'
   _REVISION: '0'
   _GO_VERSION: '0.0.0'
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/go.mod b/images/build/go-runner/go.mod
index a55dfa6e391..16f0f8b0604 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/go.mod
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module k8s.io/release/images/build/go-runner
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
index c8107a4ec6a..390b789bf16 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   go1.23-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.23-bookworm'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.23.2-bookworm.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.4.0-go1.23.2-bookworm.0'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.23'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ variants:
     DISTROLESS_IMAGE: 'static-debian12'
   go1.22-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.22-bookworm'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.22.8-bookworm.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.4.0-go1.22.8-bookworm.0'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.22'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'