diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d28d2e46f..647cb5de7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             test_fuse: true
 
-          - job_name: Linux
-            go: 1.21.x
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            test_fuse: true
-
     name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} Go ${{ matrix.go }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 5a4baf1c6..34bdebaf8 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var config = Config{
 	Main:             "./cmd/restic",                           // package name for the main package
 	DefaultBuildTags: []string{"selfupdate"},                   // specify build tags which are always used
 	Tests:            []string{"./..."},                        // tests to run
-	MinVersion:       GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 21, Patch: 0}, // minimum Go version supported
+	MinVersion:       GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 22, Patch: 0}, // minimum Go version supported
 }
 
 // Config configures the build.
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4938 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4938
index 0fa876ca0..d95bca16d 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4938
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4938
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.21 or newer
+Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.22 or newer
 
 We have updated all dependencies. Since some libraries require newer Go standard
-library features, support for Go 1.19 and 1.20 has been dropped, which means that
-restic now requires at least Go 1.21 to build.
+library features, support for Go 1.19, 1.20 and 1.21 has been dropped, which means
+that restic now requires at least Go 1.22 to build.
+
+This also disables support for TLS versions older than TLS 1.2.
 
 https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4938
diff --git a/doc/020_installation.rst b/doc/020_installation.rst
index 8566c109e..a53888221 100644
--- a/doc/020_installation.rst
+++ b/doc/020_installation.rst
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ From Source
 ***********
 
 restic is written in the Go programming language and you need at least
-Go version 1.21. Building restic may also work with older versions of Go,
+Go version 1.22. Building restic may also work with older versions of Go,
 but that's not supported. See the `Getting
 started <https://go.dev/doc/install>`__ guide of the Go project for
 instructions how to install Go.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e0b33d39d..fa1f1707f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/restic/restic
 
+go 1.22
+
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.43.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.17.0
@@ -81,5 +83,3 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
-
-go 1.21