diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 38718883ba..a83f0f8430 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ocp b/Dockerfile.ocp
index d045a3e36f..a57573bbfa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ocp
+++ b/Dockerfile.ocp
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.21-openshift-4.16 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/prometheus/node_exporter
 COPY . .
 RUN if yum install -y prometheus-promu; then export BUILD_PROMU=false; fi && make build
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-base-openshift-4.16
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.16:base-rhel9
 LABEL io.k8s.display-name="OpenShift Prometheus Node Exporter" \
       io.k8s.description="Prometheus exporter for machine metrics" \
       io.openshift.tags="prometheus,monitoring" \
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b89cfbb448..0f330df8d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/prometheus/node_exporter
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2 v2.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8d337abc77..88404fcdff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6r
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0 h1:V8gS/bTCCjX9uUnkUFUpPsksM8n1lXBAvHcpiFk1X2Y=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0/go.mod h1:WE7CZAnqOL2RouJ4f1uyNhqr2P4CCvXFIqdRDUgWsVs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX
 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.3.5 h1:hVlNQNRlLDGZz31gBPicsG7Q53rnlsz1l1Ix/9XlpVA=
 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.3.5/go.mod h1:0LFedyiTkebnd43tE4YAkWGIq9jQphow4CcwxaT2Y00=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/lufia/iostat v1.2.1 h1:tnCdZBIglgxD47RyD55kfWQcJMGzO+1QBziSQfesf2k=
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.10.0/go.mod h1:+sVFzuvV5JDyw+Ih6p3zFxZ
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k6Bo=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
 github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0 h1:gimQJpsI6sc1yIqP/y8GYgiXn/NjgvpM0RNoWLVVmP0=
 github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.3.0/go.mod h1:SA9BwrgyAqNo7M+uaL6IYbxpm5wk3L7Mm6ocLW+CJUs=
 github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 h1:GfSdC6wKfTGcgCS7BtzF5694Amne1pGCSTY252WhlEY=
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0/go.mod h1:WDnlLJ4WF5VGsH/HVa3CI79GS0ol3YnhVnKP89i0kNg=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=