diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 019ff952aad..60a9e51c3a0 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Golang
   - name: "golang"
-    version: 1.21.7
+    version: 1.22
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/Makefile
       match: GO_VERSION\ \?=\ \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies:
   # This entry is a stub of the major version to allow dependency checks to
   # pass when building Kubernetes using a pre-release of Golang.
   - name: "golang: 1.<major>"
-    version: 1.21
+    version: 1.22
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/Makefile
       match: GO_MAJOR_VERSION\ \?=\ \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ dependencies:
       match: GO_MAJOR_VERSION\ \?=\ \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
     - path: images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
       match: "GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '\\d+.\\d+'"
+
+  - name: "golang: 1.<major> (github workflows)"
+    version: 1.21
+    refPaths:
     - path: .github/workflows/release.yml
       match: "go-version: '\\d+.\\d+'"
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # go-runner
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/go-runner (go1.22-bookworm)"
-    version: v2.3.1-go1.22rc2-bookworm.0
+    version: v2.3.1-go1.22-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-]+)*))?)
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # kube-cross
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross (v1.30-go1.22)"
-    version: v1.30.0-go1.22rc2-bullseye.0
+    version: v1.30.0-go1.22-bullseye.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: "IMAGE_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
@@ -303,7 +307,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Golang (next candidate)
   - name: "golang (next candidate)"
-    version: 1.22rc2
+    version: 1.22
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: "GO_VERSION: '\\d+.\\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\\.?(\\d+)?'"
diff --git a/images/build/cross/Makefile b/images/build/cross/Makefile
index 6cfe3e72906..b8e329eb894 100644
--- a/images/build/cross/Makefile
+++ b/images/build/cross/Makefile
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ IMGNAME = kube-cross
 # - v1.100.0-go1.17-bullseye.0 satisfies SemVer regex, while:
 # - v1.100-go1.17-bullseye.0 does not
 KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v1.30.0
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.21.7
-GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.21
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.22
+GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.22
 OS_CODENAME ?= bullseye
 REVISION ?= 0
 TYPE ?= default
diff --git a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
index a93bb82b569..96420e2ffb6 100644
--- a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ variants:
   v1.30-go1.22-bullseye:
     CONFIG: 'go1.22-bullseye'
     TYPE: 'default'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.30.0-go1.22rc2-bullseye.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.30.0-go1.22-bullseye.0'
     KUBERNETES_VERSION: 'v1.30.0'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.22rc2'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.22'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.22'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bullseye'
     REVISION: '0'
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/Makefile b/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
index e6eb10cc650..d3db839eedb 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ include $(CURDIR)/../../Makefile.common-image
 
 IMGNAME = go-runner
 APP_VERSION = $(shell cat VERSION)
-GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.21
+GO_MAJOR_VERSION ?= 1.22
 REVISION ?= 0
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.21.7
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.22
 OS_CODENAME ?= bookworm
 
 # Build args
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
index ad6b1950b80..01c0a484c5a 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 variants:
   go1.22-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.22-bookworm'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.22rc2-bookworm.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.22-bookworm.0'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.22'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.22rc2'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.22'
     DISTROLESS_IMAGE: 'static-debian12'
   go1.21-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.21-bookworm'
diff --git a/images/releng/ci/Dockerfile b/images/releng/ci/Dockerfile
index ff8cd6a4efe..8f65a265ac4 100644
--- a/images/releng/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/releng/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # install goreleaser
-ARG GORELEASER_VERSION=v1.19.2
-ARG GORELEASER_SHA=27c7397b816c43098f88cbccc5aeec3df929fb857f28b2cb8e885d09458ada1e
+ARG GORELEASER_VERSION=v1.24.0
+ARG GORELEASER_SHA=99709684e3f543ed32a771e1565055e43d2ec524e631bcd8d331c2d8ed6a584f
 RUN  \
     GORELEASER_DOWNLOAD_FILE=goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
     GORELEASER_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/${GORELEASER_VERSION}/${GORELEASER_DOWNLOAD_FILE} && \
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ RUN  \
     goreleaser -v
 
 # install ko
-ARG KO_VERSION=v0.14.1
-ARG KO_SHA=3f8f8e3fb4b78a4dfc0708df2b58f202c595a66c34195786f9a279ea991f4eae
+ARG KO_VERSION=v0.15.1
+ARG KO_SHA=5b06079590371954cceadf0ddcfa8471afb039c29a2e971043915957366a2f39
 RUN  \
     KO_DOWNLOAD_FILE=ko_${KO_VERSION#v}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
     KO_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/ko-build/ko/releases/download/${KO_VERSION}/${KO_DOWNLOAD_FILE} && \
diff --git a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
index 1fa9f5cd9f0..379376bc4e7 100644
--- a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   go1.22-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.22-bookworm'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.22rc2'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.22'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'
   go1.21-bookworm: