diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/changesets.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/changesets.sh
index 7e79d2d31647..1ab80edc585c 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/changesets.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/changesets.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ definePattern() {
 }
 
 defineExclusions() {
-  exclude="^$beatPath\/module\/(.*(?<!\.asciidoc|\.png))$"
+  exclude="^$beatPath\/module\/(.*(?<!\.asciidoc|\.png|Dockerfile))$"
 }
 
 defineFromCommit() {
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index ae7bbdf047aa..88863fd8e367 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.21.10
+1.21.11
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0c2be387e775..88f28bfc0d96 100755
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.21.10"
+    go: "1.21.11"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -142,19 +142,19 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.21.10"
+    go: "1.21.11"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.21.10"
+    go: "1.21.11"
     # Disabled:
     # ST1005: error strings should not be capitalized
     checks: ["all", "-ST1005"]
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.21.10"
+    go: "1.21.11"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index c4eee172608d..a0e25971bf60 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Beats will now connect to older Elasticsearch instances by default {pull}36884[36884]
 - Raise up logging level to warning when attempting to configure beats with unknown fields from autodiscovered events/environments
 - elasticsearch output now supports `idle_connection_timeout`. {issue}35616[35615] {pull}36843[36843]
+- Update to Go 1.21.11. {pull}39851[39851]
 
 *Auditbeat*
 
diff --git a/auditbeat/Dockerfile b/auditbeat/Dockerfile
index 3f71118e8e52..fdfbc6991478 100644
--- a/auditbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/auditbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
index ccd70822f3f0..38a16d72813f 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/filebeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21.11 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
index 2b24c9452865..d8b83e68719b 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/heartbeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21.11 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug b/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
index f76069d22157..5ab57fd73561 100644
--- a/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/dev-tools/kubernetes/metricbeat/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21.11 as builder
 
 ENV PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 82739d72c74f..8c64833de527 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/elastic/beats/v7
 
 go 1.21.0
 
-toolchain go1.21.10
+toolchain go1.21.11
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/bigquery v1.55.0
diff --git a/heartbeat/Dockerfile b/heartbeat/Dockerfile
index f8765612d4bb..0a1e0501ab4f 100644
--- a/heartbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/heartbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
index 316440ad04f1..8e5cc8488a70 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 :stack-version: 8.14.1
 :doc-branch: 8.14
-:go-version: 1.21.10
+:go-version: 1.21.11
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12
diff --git a/metricbeat/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/Dockerfile
index ce43c81c312b..de48ddeff9d0 100644
--- a/metricbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 COPY --from=docker:26.0.0-alpine3.19 /usr/local/bin/docker  /usr/local/bin/
 
 RUN \
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
index 0a5646a9d75c..b6517fea093f 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/http/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 COPY test/main.go main.go
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
index f3cab807dfd5..f443a51dd3ae 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/nats/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG NATS_VERSION=2.0.4
 FROM nats:$NATS_VERSION
 
 # build stage
-FROM golang:1.21.10 AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.21.11 AS build-env
 RUN apt-get install git mercurial gcc
 RUN git clone https://github.com/nats-io/nats.go.git /nats-go
 RUN cd /nats-go/examples/nats-bench && git checkout tags/v1.10.0 && go build .
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
index 9dea6777c572..6301d44f4e2a 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/metricbeat/module/vsphere/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARG VSPHERE_GOLANG_VERSION
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 RUN apt-get install curl git
 RUN go install github.com/vmware/govmomi/vcsim@v0.30.4
diff --git a/packetbeat/Dockerfile b/packetbeat/Dockerfile
index 912cd87cc43c..22c50eeb4305 100644
--- a/packetbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/packetbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile b/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
index 3b3a785a0ca5..d1c4d5af3cdf 100644
--- a/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
+++ b/x-pack/functionbeat/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21.10
+FROM golang:1.21.11
 
 RUN \
     apt-get update \
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
index 5023acb7b46a..e7fd7774af83 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/stan/_meta/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG STAN_VERSION=0.15.1
 FROM nats-streaming:$STAN_VERSION
 
 # build stage
-FROM golang:1.21.10 AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.21.11 AS build-env
 RUN apt-get install git mercurial gcc
 RUN git clone https://github.com/nats-io/stan.go.git /stan-go
 RUN cd /stan-go/examples/stan-bench && git checkout tags/v0.5.2 && go build .