diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index ac1df3fce3..d8c40e539c 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.23.3
+1.23.6
diff --git a/changelog/_go-ver-120.txt b/changelog/_go-ver-120.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81f6f5035d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_go-ver-120.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``release-note:change
+core: Bump Go version to 1.23.6.
+```