diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ed998ce..3189af8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Changed
 - Nothing should go in this section, please add to the latest unreleased version (and update the corresponding date), or add a new version.
 
-## [0.26.3] - 2024-05-22
+## [0.26.3] - 2024-07-26
 
 ### Changed
+- Upgrade Go version (CNJR-4651)
 - Update version number
 
 ## [0.26.2] - 2024-04-10
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f02ce507..3c384ff7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 module github.com/cyberark/conjur-authn-k8s-client
 
-go 1.22.1
+go 1.22.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
+	// Version number used here is ignored
+	github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v1.55.55
 	github.com/fullsailor/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20190404230743-d7302db945fa
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -21,12 +24,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-require (
-	// Version number used here is ignored
-	github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v1.55.55
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-)
-
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 
 replace golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423185535-09eb48e85fd7 => golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bbfc5cda..ee3342ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
-github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v0.0.1-859 h1:Mm/kEw/EeJvGAxnWVmSfRHSWxCe7MAkOV0nUG//4NJo=
-github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v0.0.1-859/go.mod h1:knGjmz7WYYptFxOwbMTHD56oslEQrNTq2mDW9qix0fc=
+github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v0.0.2 h1:HMC5fDg6tyIlNJq4jMdMs0nGt0Ml23U+KUIyld4f+tY=
+github.com/cyberark/conjur-opentelemetry-tracer v0.0.2/go.mod h1:hn2e6WYNnB6lPKbnLg1jHZkBNT4mgH3/u7kH1hK60A0=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=