diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 73116460c67..90dffd75102 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
-          version: v1.47.2
+          version: v1.51.2
 
           # Give the job more time to execute.
           # Regarding `--whole-files`, the linter is supposed to support linting of changed a patch only but,
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 0150af135c6..83d5e73f00e 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18.10
+1.19.5
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 7bc5e84c9fe..577874e4c96 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.18.10"
+    go: "1.19.5"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.18.10"
+    go: "1.19.5"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.18.10"
+    go: "1.19.5"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.18.10"
+    go: "1.19.5"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 483bfcd596c..353eb7d9197 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.10
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.19.5
 FROM circleci/golang:${GO_VERSION}
 
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 07e6f8af8a6..38ae2966266 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/elastic-agent
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2
diff --git a/version/docs/version.asciidoc b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
index 5bb1deb3f59..059be1ced7b 100644
--- a/version/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // FIXME: once elastic.co docs have been switched over to use `main`, remove
 // the `doc-site-branch` line below as well as any references to it in the code.
 :doc-site-branch: master
-:go-version: 1.18.10
+:go-version: 1.19.5
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12