diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
index 47f09a3cc8..7f2865209a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   rc:
     name: Trigger release candidate build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:5e2d110f32a60d699ca0642ac3287190227c45ec
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b3f575ceb1a272a000ca1fbaded0174096a007a
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 #v4.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1931018b43..e2c4ca4ab7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   rc:
     name: Trigger release build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:5e2d110f32a60d699ca0642ac3287190227c45ec
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b3f575ceb1a272a000ca1fbaded0174096a007a
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 #v4.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
index ce804b7686..ecf29ff1d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-generated.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         resource: ["coredns", "aws-node"]    
     name: Update ${{ matrix.resource }} and open PR
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:5e2d110f32a60d699ca0642ac3287190227c45ec
+    container: public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b3f575ceb1a272a000ca1fbaded0174096a007a
     env:
       GOPRIVATE: ""
     steps:
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 13e06ccf62..f57d085cc8 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # options for analysis running
 run:
-  go: '1.20'
+  go: '1.21'
 
   # default concurrency is a available CPU number
   concurrency: 4
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 57633e47c3..2bd25a4301 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG BUILD_IMAGE=public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:5e2d110f32a60d699ca0642ac3287190227c45ec
+ARG BUILD_IMAGE=public.ecr.aws/eksctl/eksctl-build:9b3f575ceb1a272a000ca1fbaded0174096a007a
 FROM $BUILD_IMAGE as build
 
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/build/docker/Dockerfile b/build/docker/Dockerfile
index 80fe0de3da..d3ad8df01a 100644
--- a/build/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Make sure to run the following commands after changes to this file are made:
 # `make -f Makefile.docker update-build-image-tag && make -f Makefile.docker push-build-image`
 
-FROM golang:1.20.8-alpine3.18@sha256:90246ec31bcf460ff3dbe8a4a63e8997bc36781a2eba9e0419e9b53e0bd36a0d AS base
+FROM golang:1.21.7-alpine3.19@sha256:163801a964d358d6450aeb51b59d5c807d43a7c97fed92cc7ff1be5bd72811ab AS base
 
 # Add kubectl and aws-iam-authenticator to the PATH
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/out/usr/bin:/out/usr/local/bin"
diff --git a/build/docker/build_image_manifest b/build/docker/build_image_manifest
index 5e2d110f32..9b3f575ceb 100644
--- a/build/docker/build_image_manifest
+++ b/build/docker/build_image_manifest
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 "k8s.io/code-generator v0.29.0"
 "sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.1.0"
 "github.com/vburenin/ifacemaker v1.2.1"
-100644 blob 80fe0de3dabc122dacbf9fd528653fab7c25af4b	build/docker/Dockerfile
+100644 blob d3ad8df01a6d4b3470b73aa0b7b4d1e2393ac1a6	build/docker/Dockerfile
 100644 blob 5a6c9ae4c6009fa13d955867f2ff8706038d7110	.requirements
 100755 blob c1129ff1ff85ac2c53f908a577675ea59a9325a7	build/scripts/install-build-deps.sh
diff --git a/build/docker/image_tag b/build/docker/image_tag
index 9b3d6c6fcc..cfb0163a9d 100644
--- a/build/docker/image_tag
+++ b/build/docker/image_tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5e2d110f32a60d699ca0642ac3287190227c45ec
+9b3f575ceb1a272a000ca1fbaded0174096a007a