diff --git a/event-exporter/Dockerfile b/event-exporter/Dockerfile
index 976fd9493..685f74f6a 100644
--- a/event-exporter/Dockerfile
+++ b/event-exporter/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.20 as builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.22 as builder
 WORKDIR ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-stackdriver/event-exporter
 COPY . ./