diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 9828bb172..f445d4aed 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	"features": {
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {},
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/go:1": {
-			"version": "1.23.3"
+			"version": "1.23.4"
 		}
 	},
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
index 641e07128..525d7f22e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Reusable action to install Go, so there is one place to bump Go ve
 inputs:
   go-version:
     required: true
-    default: "1.23.3"
+    default: "1.23.4"
     description: "Go version to install"
 
 runs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-release.yml b/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
index 087b0aa86..1f3d4e573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 name: API Release
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.23.3"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.23.4"
 
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8d4f9b090..342216e14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, arm64-8core-32gb, macos-13, windows-2019, windows-2022]
-        go-version: ["1.22.9", "1.23.3"]
+        go-version: ["1.22.10", "1.23.4"]
         exclude:
           - os: ${{ github.repository != 'containerd/containerd' && 'arm64-8core-32gb' }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6e84c1484..75932c56c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 name: Release
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.23.3"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.23.4"
 
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 4a4f119a1..be17fe417 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ EOF
   config.vm.provision "install-golang", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
     sh.upload_path = "/tmp/vagrant-install-golang"
     sh.env = {
-        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.23.3",
+        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.23.4",
     }
     sh.inline = <<~SHELL
         #!/usr/bin/env bash
diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile.test b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
index 8a614369f..d1465bdce 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #   docker run --privileged --group-add keep-groups -v ./critest_exit_code.txt:/tmp/critest_exit_code.txt containerd-test
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.3
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.23.4
 ARG GOLANG_IMAGE=golang
 
 FROM ${GOLANG_IMAGE}:${GOLANG_VERSION} AS golang
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
index cb32b84b2..eefb35afd 100755
--- a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ go run main.go --target_dir $SRC/containerd/images
 
 apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget
 cd $SRC
-wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
 mkdir temp-go
 rm -rf /root/.go/*
-tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.23.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 mv temp-go/go/* /root/.go/
 cd $SRC/containerd
 
diff --git a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1 b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
index b8b021ac4..a5211a0d3 100644
--- a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
+++ b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # lived test environment.
 Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring:$true
 
-$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.23.3"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
+$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.23.4"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
 
 Write-Host "Downloading chocolatey package"
 curl.exe -L "https://packages.chocolatey.org/chocolatey.0.10.15.nupkg" -o 'c:\choco.zip'