diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 7ff1acc5..30e41eb6 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: builder
   namespace: stolostron
-  tag: go1.21-linux 
+  tag: go1.22-linux 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind.yml b/.github/workflows/kind.yml
index 53fe72fe..f0c8962f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test Coverage and Report Generation
       run: |
         make test-coverage | tee report_unit.json
-        make coverage-verify
         make gosec-scan
         cat gosec.json
 
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index bc5cdf91..c99ad231 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Stage 1: Use image builder to build the target binaries
 # Copyright Contributors to the Open Cluster Management project
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/stolostron/builder:go1.21-linux AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/stolostron/builder:go1.22-linux AS builder
 
 ENV COMPONENT=governance-policy-propagator
 ENV REPO_PATH=/go/src/github.com/stolostron/${COMPONENT}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8e5882b6..5d21b535 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module open-cluster-management.io/governance-policy-propagator
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32