diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 75bb609f..231de300 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
           # Required: the version of golangci-lint is required and must be specified without patch version: we always use the latest patch version.
-          version: v1.55
+          version: v1.63
 
           # Optional: golangci-lint command line arguments.
           args: --config=.golangci.yml
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e9859f8f..849f49a2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.22 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.23 AS builder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 8899841f..070404b8 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/api
 
-go 1.22.0
-
-toolchain go1.22.5
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.3
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4175e958..b8f87b31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator
 
-go 1.22.0
-
-toolchain go1.22.5
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 709a8357..fb599514 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import (
 // Run e2e tests using the Ginkgo runner.
 func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Starting ceph-csi-operator suite\n")
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "Starting ceph-csi-operator suite\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to write to GinkgoWriter: %v", err)
+	}
 	RunSpecs(t, "e2e suite")
 }
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
index 5e04e047..d8e4cc11 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 func warnError(err error) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "warning: %v\n", err)
+	_, fErr := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "warning: %v\n", err)
+	if fErr != nil {
+		panic(fErr)
+	}
 }
 
 // InstallPrometheusOperator installs the prometheus Operator to be used to export the enabled metrics.
@@ -53,12 +56,18 @@ func Run(cmd *exec.Cmd) ([]byte, error) {
 	cmd.Dir = dir
 
 	if err := os.Chdir(cmd.Dir); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "chdir dir: %s\n", err)
+		_, fErr := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "chdir dir: %s\n", err)
+		if fErr != nil {
+			panic(fErr)
+		}
 	}
 
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GO111MODULE=on")
 	command := strings.Join(cmd.Args, " ")
-	fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(GinkgoWriter, "running: %s\n", command)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return output, fmt.Errorf("%s failed with error: (%v) %s", command, err, string(output))
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e4ebc242..07f40908 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ## explicit; go 1.11
 github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile
 # github.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/api v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 => ./api
-## explicit; go 1.22.0
+## explicit; go 1.23.0
 github.com/ceph/ceph-csi-operator/api/v1alpha1
 # github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0
 ## explicit; go 1.11