diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 8909929f6..95393fc7d 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20.7
+1.20.8
diff --git a/changelog/_go-ver-1143.txt b/changelog/_go-ver-1143.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d84c2367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_go-ver-1143.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:change
+core: Bump Go version to 1.20.8.
+```
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7c9a9f317..917961653 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
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