diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b251e7ec3..feee119c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        job_name: ['linux', 'linux_386', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows', 'other_os', 'go1.21', 'go1.22']
+        job_name: ['linux', 'linux_386', 'mac_amd64', 'mac_arm64', 'windows', 'other_os', 'go1.22', 'go1.23']
 
         include:
           - job_name: linux
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             gotags: cmount
             build_flags: '-include "^linux/"'
             check: true
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: linux_386
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             goarch: 386
             gotags: cmount
             quicktest: true
 
           - job_name: mac_amd64
             os: macos-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             gotags: 'cmount'
             build_flags: '-include "^darwin/amd64" -cgo'
             quicktest: true
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: mac_arm64
             os: macos-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             gotags: 'cmount'
             build_flags: '-include "^darwin/arm64" -cgo -macos-arch arm64 -cgo-cflags=-I/usr/local/include -cgo-ldflags=-L/usr/local/lib'
             deploy: true
 
           - job_name: windows
             os: windows-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             gotags: cmount
             cgo: '0'
             build_flags: '-include "^windows/"'
@@ -75,23 +75,23 @@ jobs:
 
           - job_name: other_os
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+            go: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
             build_flags: '-exclude "^(windows/|darwin/|linux/)"'
             compile_all: true
             deploy: true
 
-          - job_name: go1.21
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            go: '1.21'
-            quicktest: true
-            racequicktest: true
-
           - job_name: go1.22
             os: ubuntu-latest
             go: '1.22'
             quicktest: true
             racequicktest: true
 
+          - job_name: go1.23
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            go: '1.23'
+            quicktest: true
+            racequicktest: true
+
     name: ${{ matrix.job_name }}
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '>=1.23.0-rc.1'
+          go-version: '>=1.24.0-rc.1'
 
       - name: Set global environment variables
         shell: bash
diff --git a/docs/content/install.md b/docs/content/install.md
index d5be63cba..f3e7d8f67 100644
--- a/docs/content/install.md
+++ b/docs/content/install.md
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ Note that this is controlled by [community maintainer](https://github.com/bouken
 ## Source installation {#source}
 
 Make sure you have git and [Go](https://golang.org/) installed.
-Go version 1.18 or newer is required, the latest release is recommended.
+Go version 1.22 or newer is required, the latest release is recommended.
 You can get it from your package manager, or download it from
 [golang.org/dl](https://golang.org/dl/). Then you can run the following:
 
diff --git a/fs/versioncheck.go b/fs/versioncheck.go
index b26e992b7..03f65f961 100644
--- a/fs/versioncheck.go
+++ b/fs/versioncheck.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//go:build !go1.21
+//go:build !go1.22
 
 package fs
 
-// Upgrade to Go version 1.21 to compile rclone - latest stable go
+// Upgrade to Go version 1.22 to compile rclone - latest stable go
 // compiler recommended.
-func init() { Go_version_1_21_required_for_compilation() }
+func init() { Go_version_1_22_required_for_compilation() }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 962aaea79..602bbeea7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/rclone/rclone
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	bazil.org/fuse v0.0.0-20230120002735-62a210ff1fd5