diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index ffa938cf..b14fb3fd 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: golang-1.10
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.19-openshift-4.12
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6e8ba89..5d66d2d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/containernetworking/plugins
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.11.1