diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f4ea099d9c8..ebf6f614df3 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
 		"args": {
 			// Update the VARIANT arg to pick a version of Go
-			"VARIANT": "1.19",
+			"VARIANT": "1.20",
 			// Options
 			"INSTALL_NODE": "false",
 			"NODE_VERSION": "lts/*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
index e85dc3de50c..07f1bacaa45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version: 1.19.2
+        go-version: 1.20.5
 
     - name: Checkout Merged Branch
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 83b29709bd4..9047e1f468f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.19.x]
+        go-version: [1.19.x, 1.20.x]
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 80269c908df..090d9a79954 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y upgrade && \
     apt-get install -y wget
 WORKDIR /tmp
-RUN wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.19.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xf go1.19.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+RUN wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xf go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
     mv go /usr/local
 RUN mkdir -p /app/prebid-server/
 WORKDIR /app/prebid-server/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95e0262b46f..9b657f35db6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Please consider [registering your Prebid Server](https://docs.prebid.org/prebid-
 
 ## Installation
 
-First install [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) version 1.18 or newer.
+First install [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) version 1.19 or newer.
 
 Note that prebid-server is using [Go modules](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules).
 We officially support the most recent two major versions of the Go runtime. However, if you'd like to use a version <1.13 and are inside GOPATH `GO111MODULE` needs to be set to `GO111MODULE=on`.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7a6f7e30d1..6731c177ecf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/prebid/prebid-server
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0