diff --git a/sidecar/Dockerfile b/sidecar/Dockerfile
index 04b8238c..b8354b91 100644
--- a/sidecar/Dockerfile
+++ b/sidecar/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN find /dpkg/ -type d -empty -delete && \
     rm -r /dpkg/usr/share/doc/
 
-FROM fluent/fluent-bit:2.0.11
+FROM fluent/fluent-bit:2.1.7
 ENV LOG_LEVEL=warning
 
 # Copy the libraries from the extractor stage into root
diff --git a/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.mod b/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.mod
index eab3f62e..354e9e06 100644
--- a/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.mod
+++ b/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/fluent/fluent-bit-go/examples/gstdout
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.20
 
 require github.com/fluent/fluent-bit-go v0.0.0-20201210173045-3fd1e0486df2
+
+require github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7 // indirect
diff --git a/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.sum b/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.sum
index bdc6e6ae..27421e8a 100644
--- a/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.sum
+++ b/sidecar/out_gstdout/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 github.com/fluent/fluent-bit-go v0.0.0-20201210173045-3fd1e0486df2 h1:G57WNyWS0FQf43hjRXLy5JT1V5LWVsSiEpkUcT67Ugk=
 github.com/fluent/fluent-bit-go v0.0.0-20201210173045-3fd1e0486df2/go.mod h1:L92h+dgwElEyUuShEwjbiHjseW410WIcNz+Bjutc8YQ=
-github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7 h1:/68gy2h+1mWMrwZFeD1kQialdSzAb432dtpeJ42ovdo=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:kZn38zHttfInRq0xu/PH0az30d+z6vm202qpg1oXVMw=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7 h1:2SvQaVZ1ouYrrKKwoSk2pzd4A9evlKJb9oTL+OaLUSs=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7/go.mod h1:Ax+UKWsSmolVDwsd+7N3ZtXu+yMGCf907BLYF3GoBXY=