diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 747e29441cb3..12e0d641fa3b 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # stage 1 building the code
-FROM golang:1.17 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 as builder
 
 ARG VERSION
 ARG SHORT_COMMIT
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WORKDIR /golangci
 RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X main.version=$VERSION -X main.commit=$SHORT_COMMIT -X main.date=$DATE" -o golangci-lint ./cmd/golangci-lint/main.go
 
 # stage 2
-FROM golang:1.17
+FROM golang:1.21
 # don't place it into $GOPATH/bin because Drone mounts $GOPATH as volume
 COPY --from=builder /golangci/golangci-lint /usr/bin/
 CMD ["golangci-lint"]