diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d661fe71..a1513b59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: lint
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Set up Go 1.x
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: check manifests
@@ -52,6 +56,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Set up Go 1.x
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: check go modules
@@ -62,6 +70,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
+      - name: Set up Go 1.x
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: check release-build
@@ -75,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: '1.21'
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: test
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f94dbe40..c788b9b2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ARG ARCH
 
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.20 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Add kubectl tool
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4d42adaf..2791cdf0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/Mellanox/network-operator
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d608ab3..17126865 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYr
 github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-operator-libs v0.0.0-20240214071211-ea58a3ada15c h1:nt9jPM6K7DCYydMKhlfMrZ9aFasdNU4WKUZvO4cN2us=
 github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-operator-libs v0.0.0-20240214071211-ea58a3ada15c/go.mod h1:m9Xr+fGiGWTxyCYnbby7a91cDF1GpMH4PSiDwoDp5FA=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
+github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/caarlos0/env/v6 v6.10.1 h1:t1mPSxNpei6M5yAeu1qtRdPAK29Nbcf/n3G7x+b3/II=
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ github.com/containers/storage v1.51.0/go.mod h1:ybl8a3j1PPtpyaEi/5A6TOFs+5TrEyOb
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18 h1:n56/Zwd5o6whRC5PMGretI4IdRLlmBXYNjScPaBgsbY=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
@@ -146,9 +149,11 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0/go.mod h1:YJmSTw9BoKxJplESWWxlbyttQR4uaEcGy
 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/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0 h1:we8PVUC3FE2uYfodKH/nBHMSetSfHDR6scGdBi+erh0=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNXdaHfM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -182,6 +187,7 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5t
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231101134539-556fd59b42f6 h1:+eC0F/k4aBLC4szgOcjd7bDTEnpxADJyWJE0yowgM3E=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20231101134539-556fd59b42f6/go.mod h1:LcLNIzVOMp4oV+uusnpk+VU+SzXaJakUuBjoCSWH5dM=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=