diff --git a/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml b/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
index 1d3c66f77..821f2163c 100644
--- a/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
+++ b/EKS_DISTRO_TAG_FILE.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ al2:
   eks-distro-minimal-base: 2024-08-13-1723575672.2
   eks-distro-minimal-base-nonroot: 2024-08-13-1723575672.2
   eks-distro-minimal-base-glibc: 2024-08-13-1723575672.2
-  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: 2024-08-13-1723575672.2
+  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: null
   eks-distro-minimal-base-docker-client: 2024-10-01-1727740885.2
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi: 2024-11-01-1730487669.2
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi-ebs: 2024-09-19-1726759337.2
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ al2023:
   eks-distro-minimal-base: 2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-nonroot: 2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-glibc: 2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
-  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: 2024-10-15-1728975661.2023
+  eks-distro-minimal-base-iptables: null
   eks-distro-minimal-base-docker-client: 2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi: 2024-11-14-1731610894.2023
   eks-distro-minimal-base-csi-ebs: 2024-10-01-1727740884.2023
diff --git a/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-iptables b/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-iptables
index 7ec56233e..de6aad43d 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-iptables
+++ b/eks-distro-base/Dockerfile.minimal-base-iptables
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ARG BUILDER_IMAGE
 ARG BASE_IMAGE
 
-FROM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/golang:1.20 as iptables-wrapper-builder
+FROM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/golang:1.23 as iptables-wrapper-builder
 
 COPY iptables-wrappers/ /iptables-wrappers
 RUN set -x && \
diff --git a/eks-distro-base/tests/Dockerfile b/eks-distro-base/tests/Dockerfile
index a456fe631..f06b19749 100644
--- a/eks-distro-base/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/eks-distro-base/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN ["update-alternatives", "--set", "ip6tables", "/usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft"]
 
 CMD ["iptables"]
 
-FROM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/golang:1.20-al${AL_TAG} as iptables-wrapper-tests-builder
+FROM public.ecr.aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/golang:1.23-al${AL_TAG} as iptables-wrapper-tests-builder
 
 COPY iptables-wrappers /iptables-wrappers
 RUN cd /iptables-wrappers && \