diff --git a/nix/overlay.nix b/nix/overlay.nix
index f84ad6da52..115ea4cb18 100644
--- a/nix/overlay.nix
+++ b/nix/overlay.nix
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ in {
     version = "15.0";
     allowHigher = true;
   };
-  go = super.go_1_19;
+  go = super.go_1_20;
   clang = super.clang_15;
-  buildGoPackage = super.buildGo119Package;
-  buildGoModule = super.buildGo119Module;
+  buildGoPackage = super.buildGo120Package;
+  buildGoModule = super.buildGo120Module;
   gomobile = (super.gomobile.overrideAttrs (old: {
     patches = [
       (self.fetchurl { # https://github.com/golang/mobile/pull/84
diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index 6eda42f419..b6294698dc 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "_comment": "Instead use: scripts/update-status-go.sh <rev>",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "v0.179.5",
-    "commit-sha1": "a39c01d7fe1ac60dc2a34bb16d550f09c64d3a3d",
-    "src-sha256": "0g53nqkhpyzy9iwz9lfh2qq8s5wrfa69lic29ps0qb92h0ac428l"
+    "version": "v0.179.6",
+    "commit-sha1": "5e9f9618cd83134b8a0d19d9bfce643b9232cb9e",
+    "src-sha256": "18cw2bpr0nrvws8gka4l3sfkvilg0g07z9sw5azpwph94k2sh0rb"
 }