diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index e342dea0de2..80a81c0e7fc 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22
\ No newline at end of file
+1.22.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index ac960dab1e3..a3909ed86c2 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -2392,4 +2392,4 @@ rules:
       - staging/src/k8s.io/endpointslice
 recursive-delete-patterns:
 - '*/.gitattributes'
-default-go-version: 1.22
+default-go-version: 1.22.0
diff --git a/test/images/Makefile b/test/images/Makefile
index 3b57b0af2c2..3ed2e3d6cce 100644
--- a/test/images/Makefile
+++ b/test/images/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= registry.k8s.io/e2e-test-images
 GOARM ?= 7
 DOCKER_CERT_BASE_PATH ?=
 QEMUVERSION=v5.1.0-2
-GOLANG_VERSION=1.22
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.22.0
 export
 
 ifndef WHAT