diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_daily.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_daily.yaml
index 4f7467b3c3a..4e9455c762b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_daily.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_daily.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org/
   SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  GO_VERSION: 1.22.0
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22.1
 
 jobs:
   e2e-envoy-xds:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_tag.yaml
index 936b5022a05..41a86b32447 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_tag.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org/
   SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  GO_VERSION: 1.22.0
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22.1
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index e00b1d2651e..c4bc6ec2d03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org/
-  GO_VERSION: 1.22.0
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22.1
 
 jobs:
   CodeQL-Build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prbuild.yaml b/.github/workflows/prbuild.yaml
index 8c92797260d..98de343aab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prbuild.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prbuild.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org/
   SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  GO_VERSION: 1.22.0
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22.1
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 294ebac80ed..c4a6f750f54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endif
 IMAGE_PLATFORMS ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64
 
 # Base build image to use.
-BUILD_BASE_IMAGE ?= golang:1.22.0@sha256:7b297d9abee021bab9046e492506b3c2da8a3722cbf301653186545ecc1e00bb
+BUILD_BASE_IMAGE ?= golang:1.22.1@sha256:34ce21a9696a017249614876638ea37ceca13cdd88f582caad06f87a8aa45bf3
 
 # Enable build with CGO.
 BUILD_CGO_ENABLED ?= 0
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/6181-sunjayBhatia-small.md b/changelogs/unreleased/6181-sunjayBhatia-small.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 40389a1bd86..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/6181-sunjayBhatia-small.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Updates to Go 1.22.0. See the [Go release notes](https://go.dev/doc/go1.22) for more information.
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/6265-sunjayBhatia-small.md b/changelogs/unreleased/6265-sunjayBhatia-small.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4da8bf71353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/6265-sunjayBhatia-small.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updates to Go 1.22.1. See the [Go release notes](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.22.minor) for more information.