diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 7fdf17e76ef7..537bb58a2fe1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "Beats Development Container",
 	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
-	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go:1-1.21-bullseye",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go:1-1.22-bullseye",
 	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
 	"features": {
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {},
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index da9594fd66f3..013173af5e9b 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.5
+1.22.6
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index c2870a69f0b6..b63b813ebc2e 100755
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.5"
+    go: "1.22.6"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -141,19 +141,19 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.5"
+    go: "1.22.6"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.5"
+    go: "1.22.6"
     # Disabled:
     # ST1005: error strings should not be capitalized
     checks: ["all", "-ST1005"]
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.22.5"
+    go: "1.22.6"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 01a5b7839ca3..e594df1b8a2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Affecting all Beats*
 
-- Update Go version to 1.22.5. {pull}40082[40082]
 - Fix FQDN being lowercased when used as `host.hostname` {issue}39993[39993]
 - Beats won't log start up information when running under the Elastic Agent {40390}40390[40390]
 - Filebeat now needs `dup3`, `faccessat2`, `prctl` and `setrlimit` syscalls to run the journald input. If this input is not being used, the syscalls are not needed. All Beats have those syscalls allowed now because the default seccomp policy is global to all Beats. {pull}40061[40061]
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Rename the field "apache2.module.error" to "apache.module.error" in Apache error visualization. {issue}39480[39480] {pull}39481[39481]
 - Validate config of the `replace` processor {pull}40047[40047]
 - Fix handling of escaped brackets in syslog structured data. {issue}40445[40445] {pull}40446[40446]
+- Update Go version to 1.22.6. {pull}40528[40528]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/auditbeat/Dockerfile b/auditbeat/Dockerfile
index f81aac4e5be5..258eb74c7e64 100644
--- a/auditbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/auditbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
index 2dd6404b2fe3..eed6c864b578 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5 as builder
+FROM golang:1.22.6 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
index 6446464dd594..b3fbd0480bb9 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5 as builder
+FROM golang:1.22.6 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
index 4ebf6c932239..40c8ce35f887 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5 as builder
+FROM golang:1.22.6 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8326ca91cf19..ed977c542154 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/beats/v7
 
-go 1.22.5
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.62.0
diff --git a/heartbeat/Dockerfile b/heartbeat/Dockerfile
index 753825ecc115..b31256bda334 100644
--- a/heartbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/heartbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
index 1fd640387fba..698e9d202791 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 :stack-version: 8.16.0
 :doc-branch: main
-:go-version: 1.22.5
+:go-version: 1.22.6
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12
diff --git a/metricbeat/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/Dockerfile
index 47d64bacb7f7..593e625d5f22 100644
--- a/metricbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 COPY --from=docker:26.0.0-alpine3.19 /usr/local/bin/docker  /usr/local/bin/
 
 RUN \
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
index caa7dd400849..278a05ec57fd 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 COPY test/main.go main.go
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
index 111e733538db..262141e97cdc 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG NATS_VERSION=2.0.4
 FROM nats:$NATS_VERSION
 
 # build stage
-FROM golang:1.22.5 AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.22.6 AS build-env
 RUN apt-get install git mercurial gcc
 RUN git clone https://github.com/nats-io/nats.go.git /nats-go
 RUN cd /nats-go/examples/nats-bench && git checkout tags/v1.10.0 && go build .
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
index 8fcf83b2ded5..ed74814413fc 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VSPHERE_GOLANG_VERSION
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 RUN apt-get install curl git
 RUN go install github.com/vmware/govmomi/vcsim@v0.30.4
diff --git a/packetbeat/Dockerfile b/packetbeat/Dockerfile
index 46e77bccef77..d9fc42c99983 100644
--- a/packetbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/packetbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile b/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
index 57f39f1e3ea2..072e3f684640 100644
--- a/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22.5
+FROM golang:1.22.6
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
index 6192a19570ef..0dbaceed373b 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG STAN_VERSION=0.15.1
 FROM nats-streaming:$STAN_VERSION
 
 # build stage
-FROM golang:1.22.5 AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.22.6 AS build-env
 RUN apt-get install git mercurial gcc
 RUN git clone https://github.com/nats-io/stan.go.git /stan-go
 RUN cd /stan-go/examples/stan-bench && git checkout tags/v0.5.2 && go build .