diff --git a/examples/shared/golang/Dockerfile b/examples/shared/golang/Dockerfile
index 7a6b7f2f35ab..2f64f07155f8 100644
--- a/examples/shared/golang/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/shared/golang/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean \
     && echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";' | tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/keep-cache
 
 
-FROM golang:1.20.5-bullseye@sha256:4c94dfe9567ee66a0ebc35a28f9f939e9ca3a71cb2ab942359887c584da1b28e as golang-base
+FROM golang:1.21.3-bullseye@sha256:9bc6dcb86d0b13c6ecc41284c4ca4c940c7be322d18d9ab652c0f1af11ac9327 as golang-base
 
 
 FROM golang-base as golang-control-plane-builder