diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f793692..4836460 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
-        go-version: '1.23'
+        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
     - name: GoReleaser
       uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 405a86d..7bf08bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
-        go-version: '1.23'
+        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
     - name: GoReleaser
       uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v1
       with:
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl-tree/query.go b/cmd/kubectl-tree/query.go
index 0591d2c..3e9517b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl-tree/query.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl-tree/query.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
@@ -33,8 +35,14 @@ func getAllResources(client dynamic.Interface, apis []apiResource, allNs bool) (
 			klog.V(4).Infof("[query api] start: %s", a.GroupVersionResource())
 			v, err := queryAPI(client, a, allNs)
 			if err != nil {
-				klog.V(4).Infof("[query api] error querying: %s, error=%v", a.GroupVersionResource(), err)
-				errResult = err
+				if errors.IsForbidden(err) {
+					// should not fail the overall process, but print an info message indicating the permission issue
+					klog.V(4).Infof("[query api] skipping forbidden resource: %s", a.GroupVersionResource())
+					klog.Infof("cannot query %s (forbidden), omitting from the tree", a.GroupVersionResource().GroupResource())
+				} else {
+					klog.V(4).Infof("[query api] error querying: %s, error=%v", a.GroupVersionResource(), err)
+					errResult = stderrors.Join(errResult, fmt.Errorf("failed to query the %s resources: %w", a.GroupVersionResource(), err))
+				}
 				return
 			}
 			mu.Lock()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd52224..8e9884c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0