diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f322a022..eaad32f6 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: 2.1
 executors:
   golang:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/go:1.19
+      - image: cimg/go:1.20
 
 commands:
   make:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6750673c..ae4e8ea7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.2.3