diff --git a/playground/README.md b/playground/README.md
index ec324a1bb7d2..eb6ed3619bca 100644
--- a/playground/README.md
+++ b/playground/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ build, test, and deploy the frontend and backend services.
 > - buf
 > - sbt
 
-1. Install Go 1.18+
+1. Install Go 1.20+
 
     **Ubuntu 22.04 and newer:**
     ```shell
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/go/build.gradle b/playground/backend/containers/go/build.gradle
index ee9d82faa5b0..39d79103d632 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/go/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/go/build.gradle
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ docker {
    buildArgs(
          ['BASE_IMAGE'   : project.rootProject.hasProperty(["base-image"]) ?
                project.rootProject["base-image"] :
-               "golang:1.18-bullseye",
+               "golang:1.20-bullseye",
           'SDK_TAG'      : project.rootProject.hasProperty(["sdk-tag"]) ?
                 project.rootProject["sdk-tag"] : project.rootProject.sdk_version,
           'SDK_TAG_LOCAL': project.rootProject.sdk_version,
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/java/Dockerfile b/playground/backend/containers/java/Dockerfile
index 6cd16fab4e7c..3688c435080d 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/java/Dockerfile
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/java/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ###############################################################################
 ARG BEAM_VERSION=2.44.0
-FROM golang:1.18-bullseye AS build
+FROM golang:1.20-bullseye AS build
 ARG BEAM_VERSION
 ARG GIT_COMMIT="<unknown>"
 ARG GIT_TIMESTAMP="0"
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/python/Dockerfile b/playground/backend/containers/python/Dockerfile
index 59454b6e97cb..60a76f14f732 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/python/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 ###############################################################################
-ARG GO_BASE_IMAGE=golang:1.18-bullseye
+ARG GO_BASE_IMAGE=golang:1.20-bullseye
 ARG SDK_TAG
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=apache/beam_python3.10_sdk:$SDK_TAG
 FROM $GO_BASE_IMAGE AS build
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/python/build.gradle b/playground/backend/containers/python/build.gradle
index 9b11b19b16b7..4a845b516b80 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/python/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/python/build.gradle
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ docker {
    buildArgs(
          ['GO_BASE_IMAGE': project.rootProject.hasProperty(["go-base-image"]) ?
                project.rootProject["go-base-image"] :
-               "golang:1.18-bullseye",
+               "golang:1.20-bullseye",
           'SDK_TAG'      : project.rootProject.hasProperty(["sdk-tag"]) ?
                 project.rootProject["sdk-tag"] : default_beam_version,
           'GIT_COMMIT'   : getGitCommitHash(),
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/router/Dockerfile b/playground/backend/containers/router/Dockerfile
index 2aab1d579fd5..57717d09f8cb 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/router/Dockerfile
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/router/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ###############################################################################
 #Dokerfile to set up the Beam Go SDK
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=golang:1.18-bullseye
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=golang:1.20-bullseye
 #Two-stage assembly
 FROM $BASE_IMAGE AS build
 ARG GIT_COMMIT="<unknown>"
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/router/build.gradle b/playground/backend/containers/router/build.gradle
index ad5b5a6b1c49..49ae2dc5d401 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/router/build.gradle
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/router/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ docker {
    tags containerImageTags()
    buildArgs(['BASE_IMAGE'   : project.rootProject.hasProperty(["base-image"]) ?
          project.rootProject["base-image"] :
-         "golang:1.18-bullseye",
+         "golang:1.20-bullseye",
               'GIT_COMMIT'   : getGitCommitHash(),
               'GIT_TIMESTAMP': getGitCommitTimestamp()])
 }
diff --git a/playground/backend/containers/scio/Dockerfile b/playground/backend/containers/scio/Dockerfile
index 13bf5f8c494f..ff57f6978b50 100644
--- a/playground/backend/containers/scio/Dockerfile
+++ b/playground/backend/containers/scio/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ###############################################################################
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=openjdk:11
-FROM golang:1.18-bullseye AS build
+FROM golang:1.20-bullseye AS build
 ARG GIT_COMMIT="<unknown>"
 ARG GIT_TIMESTAMP="0"
 
diff --git a/playground/backend/go.mod b/playground/backend/go.mod
index b9f9c653a93a..9f5fb433ab7e 100644
--- a/playground/backend/go.mod
+++ b/playground/backend/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 module beam.apache.org/playground/backend
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/datastore v1.10.0
diff --git a/playground/frontend/playground_components/tools/extract_symbols_go/go.mod b/playground/frontend/playground_components/tools/extract_symbols_go/go.mod
index 3542725fa6ec..eb4d9437f130 100644
--- a/playground/frontend/playground_components/tools/extract_symbols_go/go.mod
+++ b/playground/frontend/playground_components/tools/extract_symbols_go/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
 module beam.apache.org/playground/extract_symbols_go
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/playground/infrastructure/cloudbuild/playground_ci_examples.sh b/playground/infrastructure/cloudbuild/playground_ci_examples.sh
index 6123c6b4fa12..962d18a0f475 100644
--- a/playground/infrastructure/cloudbuild/playground_ci_examples.sh
+++ b/playground/infrastructure/cloudbuild/playground_ci_examples.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export STEP=CI
 export SDK_CONFIG="$BEAM_ROOT_DIR/playground/sdks.yaml"
 export BEAM_EXAMPLE_CATEGORIES="$BEAM_ROOT_DIR/playground/categories.yaml"
 export GRADLE_VERSION=7.5.1
-export GO_VERSION=1.18 
+export GO_VERSION=1.20 
 
 LogOutput "Installing python java8 and dependencies"
 apt-get update > /dev/null