diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
index 2d157acc..5ff5b487 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: '1.22'
+        go-version: '1.23'
         # unfortunately we cannot use the provided caching because it uses the
         # same cache for all workflows/jobs, leading to undesired cache clashes,
         # causing uncached test runs etc ...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index ea699b2b..7abf36af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
         with:
-          go-version: 1.22
+          go-version: 1.23
       - run: rustup update
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-cache@main
       - run: make build-libs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 14b7c391..33c52e51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_COMPILE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS: "--disable-tests"
       # or set SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_GIT_REF to empty, and set SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE
       # to pull a pre-compiled image from dockerhub instead
-      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE: stellar/stellar-core:21
+      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE: stellar/stellar-core:22
       SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE_BIN_PATH: /usr/bin/stellar-core
 
       # sets the version of rust toolchain that will be pre-installed in the
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       # resolution options, using npm release or a gh ref:
       #
       # option #1, set the version of stellar-sdk based on a npm release version
-      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_NPM_VERSION: 12.3.0
+      SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_NPM_VERSION: 13.1.0
       # option #2, set the version of stellar-sdk used as a ref to a gh repo if
       # a value is set on SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REPO, it takes
       # precedence over any SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_NPM_VERSION
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       SYSTEM_TEST_JS_STELLAR_SDK_GH_REF:
 
       # the version of rs-stellar-xdr to use for quickstart
-      SYSTEM_TEST_RS_XDR_GIT_REF: v21.2.0
+      SYSTEM_TEST_RS_XDR_GIT_REF: v22.1.0
 
       # system test will build quickstart image internally to use for running the service stack
       # configured in standalone network mode(core, rpc)
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ jobs:
       SYSTEM_TEST_VERBOSE_OUTPUT: "true"
 
       # the soroban test cases will compile various contracts from the examples repo
-      SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_HASH: "v21.6.0"
+      SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_HASH: "v22.0.1"
       SYSTEM_TEST_SOROBAN_EXAMPLES_GIT_REPO: "https://github.com/stellar/soroban-examples.git"
 
-      PROTOCOL_VERSION_DEFAULT: 21
+      PROTOCOL_VERSION_DEFAULT: 22
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: checkout system-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golang.yml b/.github/workflows/golang.yml
index 009decb5..a878face 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golang.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
           make build-libs
 
       - name: Run golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@a4f60bb28d35aeee14e6880718e0c85ff1882e64 # version v6.0.1
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@58eda26a511c265ee35b3ee4b101fb8adfd76480 # version v6.1.1
         with:
-          version: v1.59.1 # this is the golangci-lint version
+          version: v1.63.4 # this is the golangci-lint version
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           only-new-issues: true
diff --git a/cmd/stellar-rpc/docker/Dockerfile b/cmd/stellar-rpc/docker/Dockerfile
index 85ac537c..3f084ef7 100644
--- a/cmd/stellar-rpc/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/stellar-rpc/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.22-bullseye as build
+FROM golang:1.23-bullseye as build
 ARG RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=stable
 ARG REPOSITORY_VERSION
 ARG BINARY_NAME=stellar-rpc