diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a864dad..05ffde88 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 retract v0.24.3 // this includes a breaking change and should have been released as v0.25.0