diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 7bf9455f..e63679c7 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20.5
+1.20.6
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 43c263a3..05e8bdec 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.5"
+    go: "1.20.6"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -117,19 +117,19 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.5"
+    go: "1.20.6"
     # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#checks
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.5"
+    go: "1.20.6"
     # https://staticcheck.io/docs/options#checks
     checks: ["all"]
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.5"
+    go: "1.20.6"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81eab299..5be0f640 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2