diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index c938957b4..12cc0c255 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 574e2f88f..04eb66e09 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/nomad
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 // Pinned dependencies are noted in github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/11826
 replace (