diff --git a/src/config-utils.test.ts b/src/config-utils.test.ts
index 9b3bd73fd..815c7b893 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import { Feature } from "./feature-flags";
 import * as gitUtils from "./git-utils";
 import { KnownLanguage, Language } from "./languages";
 import { getRunnerLogger } from "./logging";
-import { OverlayDatabaseMode } from "./overlay-database-utils";
+import {
+  CODEQL_OVERLAY_MINIMUM_VERSION,
+  OverlayDatabaseMode,
+} from "./overlay-database-utils";
 import { parseRepositoryNwo } from "./repository";
 import {
   setupTests,
@@ -1269,7 +1272,7 @@ const defaultOverlayDatabaseModeTestSetup: OverlayDatabaseModeTestSetup = {
   repositoryOwner: "github",
   buildMode: BuildMode.None,
   languages: [KnownLanguage.javascript],
-  codeqlVersion: "2.21.0",
+  codeqlVersion: CODEQL_OVERLAY_MINIMUM_VERSION,
   gitRoot: "/some/git/root",
   codeScanningConfig: {},
 };
diff --git a/src/overlay-database-utils.ts b/src/overlay-database-utils.ts
index 864edba4f..c73fe3f58 100644
--- a/src/overlay-database-utils.ts
+++ b/src/overlay-database-utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export enum OverlayDatabaseMode {
   None = "none",
 }
 
-export const CODEQL_OVERLAY_MINIMUM_VERSION = "2.20.5";
+export const CODEQL_OVERLAY_MINIMUM_VERSION = "2.22.3";
 
 /**
  * Writes a JSON file containing Git OIDs for all tracked files (represented