diff --git a/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.SlackBuild b/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.SlackBuild
index 28e15bef54..1fd3bc5505 100644
--- a/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.SlackBuild
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=google-go-lang
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.19.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.20.5}
+BOOTSTRAP_VERSION=${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION:-1.19.11}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
-mkdir -p $TMP $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION} $OUTPUT
-cd $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION}
-tar xvf $CWD/go${VERSION}.src.tar.gz
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION} $OUTPUT
+cd $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}
+tar xvf $CWD/go${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}.src.tar.gz
 cd go
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
@@ -101,10 +102,11 @@ export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="/usr"
 # which is the current directory we're in.
 # Defining it here means we can use it below when building
 # shared libraries
-export GOROOT="$(pwd)"
+GOROOT="$(pwd)"
+export GOROOT
 
 # The value of GOROOT once the package is installed
-export GOROOT_FINAL="/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION}/go"
+export GOROOT_FINAL="/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}/go"
 
 case "$ARCH" in
   arm|i?86) export GOMAXPROCS=1 ;;
@@ -112,12 +114,12 @@ esac
 
 cd src
 
-if [ "x${RUN_TEST}" = "xtrue" ] ; then
-	LC_ALL=C \
-	./all.bash
+if [[ "${RUN_TEST}" = "true" ]] ; then
+  LC_ALL=C \
+    ./all.bash
 else
-	LC_ALL=C \
-	./make.bash
+  LC_ALL=C \
+    ./make.bash
 fi
 
 # As of go1.5, golang supports shared libraries, so generate them for use.
@@ -133,6 +135,67 @@ rm -f doc/Makefile
 
 mkdir -p $PKG$GOROOT_FINAL
 
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION} $OUTPUT
+cd $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION}
+tar xvf $CWD/go${VERSION}.src.tar.gz
+cd go
+chown -R root:root .
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+ -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+# as of >= go1.5, the cross-compiler does not need to be bootstrap, so the
+# compiler need only be compiled for the host OS, which it detects
+unset GOBIN GOPATH GOOS GOARCH
+
+# Not sure why, but this causes run.bash to fail --rworkman
+unset BASH_ENV
+
+# gcc 5+ is go1.4 API, so we'll bootstrap with it
+export GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP="$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}/go"
+
+# Default GOROOT is the parent directory of all.bash,
+# which is the current directory we're in.
+# Defining it here means we can use it below when building
+# shared libraries
+GOROOT="$(pwd)"
+export GOROOT
+
+# The value of GOROOT once the package is installed
+export GOROOT_FINAL="/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/go${VERSION}/go"
+
+case "$ARCH" in
+  arm|i?86) export GOMAXPROCS=1 ;;
+esac
+
+cd src
+
+if [[ "${RUN_TEST}" = "true" ]] ; then
+  LC_ALL=C \
+    ./all.bash
+else
+  LC_ALL=C \
+    ./make.bash
+fi
+
+# As of go1.5, golang supports shared libraries, so generate them for use.
+$GOROOT/bin/go install -buildmode=shared std
+
+cd ..
+
+# remove Go build cache
+rm -rf pkg/obj/go-build/*
+
+# remove the doc Makefile
+rm -f doc/Makefile
+
+mkdir -p $PKG$GOROOT_FINAL
+
+# remove bootstrap
+rm -rf $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/go$BOOTSTRAP_VERSION
+
 # Put the profile scripts for setting PATH and env variables
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/profile.d
 cat > $PKG/etc/profile.d/go.csh << EOF
diff --git a/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.info b/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.info
index 4826a2c4ce..b83defa8f4 100644
--- a/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.info
+++ b/development/google-go-lang/google-go-lang.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="google-go-lang"
-VERSION="1.19.7"
+VERSION="1.20.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://golang.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.19.7.src.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f05481ea2e7fe5b6576ea79fa60b1dfe"
+DOWNLOAD="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.20.5.src.tar.gz \
+          https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.19.11.src.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="336cae9b3afcfd3e60e41cae5401c4c2 \
+        271724863ec8842c76c3aa2b988650df"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""