diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5b2cc0e6d..cc7147563 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
-        go-version: 1.18
+        go-version: 1.19
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lint
       run: |
-        curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.45.2
+        curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.50.1
         make lint
   
     - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index c9f501241..bf37e27d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install go version
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
-        go-version: '^1.18'
+        go-version: '^1.19'
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index f21f176d5..4682abf01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.18
+          go-version: ^1.19
 
       - run: |
           pip install -r docs/scripts/requirements.txt
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ccbcb74d2..637999b50 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ linters-settings:
     default-signifies-exhaustive: false
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: sigs.k8s.io/external-dns
-  golint:
-    min-confidence: 0.9
   maligned:
     suggest-new: true
   misspell:
@@ -15,24 +13,17 @@ linters:
   # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
   disable-all: true
   enable:
-    - deadcode
     - depguard
     - dogsled
     - gofmt
     - goimports
     - goprintffuncname
-    - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
     - misspell
     - rowserrcheck
-    - staticcheck
-    - structcheck
-    - stylecheck
     - typecheck
     - unconvert
-    - unused
-    - varcheck
     - whitespace
 
 issues:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f7a0bd197..7f50b66c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # builder image
 ARG ARCH
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
+FROM golang:1.19 as builder
 ARG ARCH
 
 WORKDIR /sigs.k8s.io/external-dns
diff --git a/Dockerfile.mini b/Dockerfile.mini
index 8e9bf6958..90cba37d9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.mini
+++ b/Dockerfile.mini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
+FROM golang:1.19 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /sigs.k8s.io/external-dns
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a806ae360..286be63a8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ build.push/multiarch:
 	for arch in $(ARCHS); do \
 		image="$(IMAGE):$(VERSION)-$${arch}" ;\
 		# pre-pull due to https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-addons/pull/84/files ;\
-		docker pull $${arch}/alpine:3.14 ;\
-		docker pull golang:1.18 ;\
+		docker pull $${arch}/alpine:3.15 ;\
+		docker pull golang:1.19 ;\
 		DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --rm --tag $${image} --build-arg VERSION="$(VERSION)" --build-arg ARCH="$${arch}" . ;\
 		docker push $${image} ;\
 		arch_specific_tags+=( "--amend $${image}" ) ;\
diff --git a/docs/contributing/getting-started.md b/docs/contributing/getting-started.md
index 77c64b8e1..4187e39a4 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/getting-started.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Quick Start
 
 - [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
-- [Go 1.18+](https://golang.org/dl/)
+- [Go 1.19+](https://golang.org/dl/)
 - [Go modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules)
 - [golangci-lint](https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint)
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 334b20d4e..f670123cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/external-dns
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.9.0
diff --git a/internal/testutils/endpoint.go b/internal/testutils/endpoint.go
index 7e8bf4d10..033b2e03d 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/endpoint.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/endpoint.go
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ func (b byAllFields) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	if b[i].DNSName == b[j].DNSName {
 		// This rather bad, we need a more complex comparison for Targets, which considers all elements
 		if b[i].Targets.Same(b[j].Targets) {
+			if b[i].RecordType == (b[j].RecordType) {
+				sa := b[i].ProviderSpecific
+				sb := b[j].ProviderSpecific
+				sort.Sort(byNames(sa))
+				sort.Sort(byNames(sb))
+				return reflect.DeepEqual(sa, sb)
+			}
 			return b[i].RecordType <= b[j].RecordType
 		}
 		return b[i].Targets.String() <= b[j].Targets.String()