diff --git a/pkg/docker-engine/Dockerfile b/pkg/docker-engine/Dockerfile
index 4964e18f..c7a84208 100644
--- a/pkg/docker-engine/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/docker-engine/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ARG GOWINRES_VERSION="v0.3.0"
 
 # common args
 ARG GO_IMAGE="golang"
-ARG GO_VERSION="1.20.5"
+ARG GO_VERSION="1.21.3"
 ARG GO_IMAGE_VARIANT="bullseye"
 ARG PKG_RELEASE="debian11"
 ARG PKG_TYPE="deb"
diff --git a/pkg/docker-engine/Makefile b/pkg/docker-engine/Makefile
index 0fa33344..9fa8f61b 100644
--- a/pkg/docker-engine/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/docker-engine/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 include ../../common/vars.mk
 
 # https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/master/Dockerfile#L3
-export GO_VERSION = 1.20.5
+export GO_VERSION = 1.21.3
 
 DESTDIR ?= $(BASEDIR)/bin
 BAKE_DEFINITIONS ?= -f docker-bake.hcl -f ../../common/packages.hcl
diff --git a/pkg/docker-engine/docker-bake.hcl b/pkg/docker-engine/docker-bake.hcl
index 23bf4f0e..113cf19f 100644
--- a/pkg/docker-engine/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/pkg/docker-engine/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ variable "GO_IMAGE" {
   default = "golang"
 }
 variable "GO_VERSION" {
-  default = "1.20.5"
+  default = "1.21.3"
 }
 variable "GO_IMAGE_VARIANT" {
   default = "bullseye"