diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index 5c9ba7617..e4cb8d277 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ steps:
     echo Checking out $_HNC_IMG_TAG
     git checkout $_HNC_IMG_TAG
 # Build the manifests and the kubectl plugin
-- name: golang:1.17
+- name: golang:1.20
   entrypoint: 'bash'
   args:
   - '-c'