diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6ca46dd342c2a4a26520ddc32ac959d144e28553..1c8d02886c9624f4b8461e7680bef222115c52be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ variables:
       - GO_FIPS_VERSION: ["1.23", "1.24", "1.25"]
 
 backwards_compat:
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images/debian-bookworm-golang-1.23-rust-1.73:git-2.45
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-build-images/debian-bookworm-golang-1.24-rust-1.73:git-2.45
   parallel:
     matrix:
       - REPO_AND_DIR:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 080630c10c6bf0d3b37699c7681c31f74b5388ff..787594b650c07f0d2a9ac1b4ce2da51d38dcc8cd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module gitlab.com/gitlab-org/labkit
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/profiler v0.1.0