diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index c9f6c0bc8..36bc87834 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rm -Rf ${SRC_DIR}/${RELEASE_DIR}
 mkdir -p ${SRC_DIR}/${RELEASE_DIR}
 mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}
 
-$DOCKER run -ti -v ${SRC_DIR}:/go/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins:z --rm golang:1.20.7-alpine \
+$DOCKER run -ti -v ${SRC_DIR}:/go/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins:z --rm golang:1.21.1-alpine \
 /bin/sh -xe -c "\
     apk --no-cache add bash tar;
     cd /go/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins; umask 0022;