diff --git a/.github/workflows/00-pr-scanner.yaml b/.github/workflows/00-pr-scanner.yaml
index 82368e87..155ee85b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/00-pr-scanner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/00-pr-scanner.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       COMPONENT_NAME: kubescape
       CGO_ENABLED: 1
       GO111MODULE: ""
-      GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+      GO_VERSION: "1.21"
       RELEASE: "latest"
       CLIENT: test
       ARCH_MATRIX: '[ "" ]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
index d95308b7..eb6c6b9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-release.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       COMPONENT_NAME: kubescape
       CGO_ENABLED: 1
       GO111MODULE: ""
-      GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+      GO_VERSION: "1.21"
       RELEASE: ${{ needs.retag.outputs.NEW_TAG }}
       CLIENT: release
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/b-binary-build-and-e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/b-binary-build-and-e2e-tests.yaml
index f7ecf3f1..dce096cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/b-binary-build-and-e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/b-binary-build-and-e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
       GO_VERSION:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: "1.20"
+        default: "1.21"
       GO111MODULE:
         required: false
         type: string
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ on:
         type: string
       GO_VERSION:
         type: string
-        default: "1.20"
+        default: "1.21"
       GO111MODULE:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
       CGO_ENABLED: 0
       GO111MODULE: "on"
       BUILD_PLATFORM: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-      GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+      GO_VERSION: "1.21"
       REQUIRED_TESTS: '[
                 "ks_microservice_create_2_cronjob_mitre_and_nsa_proxy", 
                 "ks_microservice_triggering_with_cron_job",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
index dc1ab7f5..29165933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       CGO_ENABLED: 0
       GO111MODULE: "on"
       BUILD_PLATFORM: ${{ inputs.PLATFORMS && 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64' || 'linux/amd64' }}
-      GO_VERSION: "1.20"
+      GO_VERSION: "1.21"
       REQUIRED_TESTS: '[]'
       COSIGN: ${{ inputs.CO_SIGN }}
       HELM_E2E_TEST: false
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 586a3688..807f4cdb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ module github.com/kubescape/kubescape/v3
 
 go 1.21
 
-toolchain go1.21.4
-
 require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0
 	github.com/anchore/grype v0.65.0