diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
index f8bc408e..5907ed84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
         with:
           check_filenames: true
-          skip: ./.git,./.github/workflows/codespell.yml,.git,*.png,*.jpg,*.svg,*.sum,./vendor,go.sum,./release-tools/prow.sh
+          skip: ./.git,./.github/workflows/codespell.yml,.git,*.png,*.jpg,*.svg,*.sum,./vendor,go.sum,./release-tools/prow.sh,./docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index e66a4484..d9a2bd1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jobs:
   integration_tests:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
+        go: ['1.22']
         platform: [windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
   unit_tests:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
+        go: ['1.22']
         platform: [windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
   bump_version_test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
+        go: ['1.22']
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce9c0d38..e9d222d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ BUILD_TOOLS_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/tools
 GO_ENV_VARS = GO111MODULE=on GOOS=windows
 CSI_PROXY_API_GEN = $(BUILD_DIR)/csi-proxy-api-gen
 
+# overrides the $(CMDS:%=build-%) rule in release-tools/build.make because this project is not compatible with go >1.23
+# TODO: remove this override as part of https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/issues/361
+build-csi-proxy: check-go-version-go
+	# Checks that the go version is 1.22 or lower
+	if (( "$$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/go//' | cut -d'.' -f2)" > 22 )); then echo "This project requires go 1.22 or lower"; exit 1; fi;
+	mkdir -p bin
+	# os_arch_seen captures all of the $$os-$$arch-$$buildx_platform seen for the current binary
+	# that we want to build, if we've seen an $$os-$$arch-$$buildx_platform before it means that
+	# we don't need to build it again, this is done to avoid building
+	# the windows binary multiple times (see the default value of $$BUILD_PLATFORMS)
+	export os_arch_seen="" && echo '$(BUILD_PLATFORMS)' | tr ';' '\n' | while read -r os arch buildx_platform suffix base_image addon_image; do \
+		os_arch_seen_pre=$${os_arch_seen%%$$os-$$arch-$$buildx_platform*}; \
+		if ! [ $${#os_arch_seen_pre} = $${#os_arch_seen} ]; then \
+			continue; \
+		fi; \
+		if ! (set -x; cd ./$(CMDS_DIR)/$* && CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS="$$os" GOARCH="$$arch" go build $(GOFLAGS_VENDOR) -a -ldflags '$(FULL_LDFLAGS)' -o "$(abspath ./bin)/$*$$suffix" .); then \
+			echo "Building $* for GOOS=$$os GOARCH=$$arch failed, see error(s) above."; \
+			exit 1; \
+		fi; \
+		os_arch_seen+=";$$os-$$arch-$$buildx_platform"; \
+	done
+
 .PHONY: compile-csi-proxy-api-gen
 compile-csi-proxy-api-gen:
 	GO111MODULE=on go build -o $(CSI_PROXY_API_GEN) ./cmd/csi-proxy-api-gen
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0e27abf..d746b2ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy
 
-go 1.23
+// NOTE: This project must be built with go < 1.23
+// `make build` will error if go1.23 or higher is used.
 
-godebug winsymlink=0
+go 1.22.0
+
+toolchain go1.22.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2
diff --git a/scripts/run-integration.sh b/scripts/run-integration.sh
index 7cc048a9..4e9a01c8 100755
--- a/scripts/run-integration.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-integration.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ pkgdir=${GOPATH}/src/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy
 source $pkgdir/scripts/utils.sh
 
 main() {
+  # TODO: remove go version pin as part of https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/issues/361
+  wget -q https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.12.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.12.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
   compile_csi_proxy
   compile_csi_proxy_integration_tests
   sync_csi_proxy