diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
index af175341..1260e028 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-dashboards.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.5
+          go-version-file: "go.mod"
 
       - name: Install dashboard linter
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 85138dd2..1aa510f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.50.1
+  GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: v1.51.1
   GOLANGCI_LINT_TIMEOUT: 5m
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 49194faa..cc2ed0be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/fission/fission
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/Shopify/sarama v1.37.2
diff --git a/pkg/executor/executor_test.go b/pkg/executor/executor_test.go
index ef92491e..85adc594 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/executor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/executor_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ func createSvc(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, ns string,
 func TestExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 	// run in a random namespace so we can have concurrent tests
 	// on a given cluster
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 	testID := rand.Intn(999)
 	fissionNs := fmt.Sprintf("test-%v", testID)
 	functionNs := fmt.Sprintf("test-function-%v", testID)
diff --git a/pkg/router/functionHandler.go b/pkg/router/functionHandler.go
index 47cf3a04..6e5639f5 100644
--- a/pkg/router/functionHandler.go
+++ b/pkg/router/functionHandler.go
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// just seeding the random number for getting the canary function
-	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
-}
-
 func (w *fakeCloseReadCloser) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }