diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 5a925223be..550f1dd26a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM btwiuse/arch
 
-RUN curl -sL https://go.dev/dl/go1.19rc1.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzC /usr/local/ && cp /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go
+RUN curl -sL https://go.dev/dl/go1.19rc2.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xzC /usr/local/ && cp /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go
 
 RUN pacman -Syu --noconfirm --overwrite='*' \
     docker clang android-ndk rustup deno pkgfile yarn npm wget htop dstat neofetch &&\
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9204faca51..dab1b34e27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive
 
     - name: go version
-      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc1
+      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc2
       with:
         entrypoint: bash
         args: -c "which go && go version"
 
     - name: go get
-      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc1
+      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc2
       with:
         entrypoint: bash
         args: -c "make go-get || make go-get || make go-get"
 
     - name: go install
-      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc1
+      uses: docker://library/golang:1.19rc2
       with:
         entrypoint: bash
         args: -c "make go-install-debuginfo"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c87315e7f4..eada9c1694 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.19rc1]
+        go-version: [1.19rc2]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e17e66e131..177ae198cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # WORKDIR /k0s.io
 # RUN make bazel-build
 
-FROM btwiuse/golang:1.19rc1 AS builder-go
+FROM golang:1.19rc2 AS builder-go
 COPY . /k0s.io
 WORKDIR /k0s.io
 RUN make build
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index e79dcfb112..07ada16b17 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ go_rules_dependencies()
 
 go_register_toolchains(
     nogo = "@//:nogo",
-    version = "1.19rc1",
+    version = "1.19rc2",
 )  # nogo is in the top-level BUILD file of this workspace
 
 git_repository(