diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b87265988..60132b0e4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # For running Veneur under Docker, you probably want either the pre-built images
 # published at https://hub.docker.com/r/stripe/veneur/
 # or the Dockerfiles in https://github.com/stripe/veneur/tree/master/public-docker-images
-FROM golang:1.13
+FROM golang:1.21rc2
 MAINTAINER The Stripe Observability Team <support@stripe.com>
 
 RUN mkdir -p /build