diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 0c7271ed8..f90c0914d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.22.2
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: '0'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 68785406e..daeb59572 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.22.2
       - name: Retrieve version
         run: |
           echo "TAG_NAME=$(echo ${{ github.ref }}  | grep -Eo 'v[0-9].*')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml b/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
index 8fd8d53b3..759a2b5c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-gh-k8s-1.16.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: test-gh-k8s-1.16
+name: test-gh-k8s-1.21
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ on:
     types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
 jobs:
   test-all:
-    name: Test GH
+    name: Test GH 1.21
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.12
+          go-version: 1.22.2
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ jobs:
 
           wget -O- https://carvel.dev/install.sh | K14SIO_INSTALL_BIN_DIR=/tmp/bin bash
 
-          wget -O- https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases/download/v1.10.0/minikube-linux-amd64 > /tmp/bin/minikube
-          chmod +x /tmp/bin/minikube
-          minikube start --driver=docker --kubernetes-version 1.16.0
+          curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64
+          install minikube-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/minikube
+          minikube start --driver=docker --kubernetes-version 1.21.0
           eval $(minikube docker-env --shell=bash)
 
           # Ensure that there is no existing kapp installed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-gh.yml b/.github/workflows/test-gh.yml
index 66142ad5a..76326d3a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-gh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-gh.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: 1.20.12
+        go-version: 1.22.2
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
index 0da2eb514..d11e5c1ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy-scan.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       repo: carvel-dev/kapp
       tool: kapp
-      goVersion: 1.20.12
+      goVersion: 1.22.2
     secrets:
       githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       slackWebhookURL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/examples/gitops/guestbook/all-in-one.yml b/examples/gitops/guestbook/all-in-one.yml
index e90e21d77..4148b54e8 100644
--- a/examples/gitops/guestbook/all-in-one.yml
+++ b/examples/gitops/guestbook/all-in-one.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: primary
-        image: k8s.gcr.io/redis:e2e  #! or just image: redis
+        image: registry.k8s.io/redis:e2e  #! or just image: redis
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 120m
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: php-redis
-        image: gcr.io/google-samples/gb-frontend:v4
+        image: us-docker.pkg.dev/google-samples/containers/gke/gb-frontend:v5
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
diff --git a/examples/gitops/redis-with-configmap/redis.yml b/examples/gitops/redis-with-configmap/redis.yml
index 440fe2a5b..d852bcefc 100644
--- a/examples/gitops/redis-with-configmap/redis.yml
+++ b/examples/gitops/redis-with-configmap/redis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: redis
-    image: k8s.gcr.io/redis:e2e
+    image: registry.k8s.io/redis:e2e
     ports:
     - containerPort: 6379
     resources:
diff --git a/examples/sts-alternative/config.yml b/examples/sts-alternative/config.yml
index d3977ad53..ca0eef43c 100644
--- a/examples/sts-alternative/config.yml
+++ b/examples/sts-alternative/config.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: redis
-    image: k8s.gcr.io/redis:e2e
+    image: registry.k8s.io/redis:e2e
     ports:
     - containerPort: 6379
     resources:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5def2cefa..669577409 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/vmware-tanzu/carvel-kapp
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/cppforlife/cobrautil v0.0.0-20221130162803-acdfead391ef
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d6b681743..646920cc0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5Kwzbycv
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwVZI=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 h1:yMBqmnQ0gyZvEb/+KzuWZOXgllrXT4SADYbvDaXHv/
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3/go.mod h1:UzaqsxGiab7freDnrUUra0MwWfN/q7tE4j+VcZ0yl14=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0 h1:p104kn46Q8WdvHunIJ9dAyjPVtrBPhSr3KT2yUst43I=
+github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXi
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20181206194817-3ea8567a2e57/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20190515194954-54271f7e092f/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJYCmNdQXq6neHJOYx3V6jnqNEec=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 h1:WgNl7dwNpEZ6jJ9k1snq4pZsg7DOEN8hP9Xw0Tsjwk0=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0/go.mod h1:640gp4NfQd8pI5XOwp5fnNeVWj67G7CFk/SaSQn7NBk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8 h1:AkaSdXYQOWeaO3neb8EM634ahkXXe3jYbVh/F9lq+GI=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.8/go.mod h1:O1sed60cT9XZ5uDucP5qwvh+TE3NnUj51EiZO/lmSfw=
@@ -234,11 +238,14 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+W
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108oapk=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.13.0/go.mod h1:+REjRxOmWfHCjfv9TTWB1jD1Frx4XydAD3zm1lskyM0=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4 h1:29JGrr5oVBm5ulCWet69zQkzWipVXIol6ygQUe/EzNc=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4/go.mod h1:dX+/inL/fNMqNlz0e9LfyB9TswhZpCVdJM/Z6Vvnwo0=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.1 h1:zie5Ly042PD3bsCvsSOPvRnFwyo3rKe64TJlD6nu0mk=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.1/go.mod h1:FEcmzVcCHl+4o9bQZVab+4dC9+j+91t2FHSzmGAPfuo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.1/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.4 h1:Z2AnStgsdSayCMDiCU42qIz+HLqEPcgiOCXjAU/w+8E=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.4/go.mod h1:riYq/GJKh8hhoM01HN6Vmuy93AarCXCBGpvFDK3q3fQ=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -259,6 +266,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1/go.mod h1:qhTCs0VvXwvX/y3TZrWD7rabWM+ijKTux40T
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
@@ -439,6 +447,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 h1:W4OVu8VVOaIO0yzWMNdepAulS7YfoS3Zabrm8DOXXU4=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:4pg6aUX35JBAogB10C9AtvVL+qowtN4pT3CGSQex14s=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/test/e2e/wait_timeout_test.go b/test/e2e/wait_timeout_test.go
index 7214fa6df..c47276223 100644
--- a/test/e2e/wait_timeout_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/wait_timeout_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestWaitTimeout(t *testing.T) {
      spec: 
        containers: 
        - name: successful-job 
-         image: busybox 
+         image: busybox
          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10"] 
        restartPolicy: Never
 `