diff --git a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
index 98b14a2918..3446e5a5f9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Reusable action to install Go, so there is one place to bump Go ve
 inputs:
   go-version:
     required: true
-    default: "1.21.6"
+    default: "1.21.8"
     description: "Go version to install"
 
 runs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a6f431e955..3718bd4bb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, actuated-arm64-4cpu-16gb, macos-12, windows-2019, windows-2022]
-        go-version: ["1.21.6", "1.22.0"]
+        go-version: ["1.21.8", "1.22.1"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/install-go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 83183eecae..12dbb9b404 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 name: Release
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.21.6"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.21.8"
 
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index e9cd0cd57e..9631d9769b 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ EOF
   config.vm.provision "install-golang", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
     sh.upload_path = "/tmp/vagrant-install-golang"
     sh.env = {
-        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.21.6",
+        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.21.8",
     }
     sh.inline = <<~SHELL
         #!/usr/bin/env bash
diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile.test b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
index 828833c573..a9a2aceaf0 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #   docker run --privileged containerd-test
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.21.6
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.21.8
 ARG GOLANG_IMAGE=golang
 
 FROM ${GOLANG_IMAGE}:${GOLANG_VERSION} AS golang
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
index 251fc2cdf3..65cf77deb8 100755
--- a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ go run main.go $SRC/containerd/images
 
 apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget
 cd $SRC
-wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
 mkdir temp-go
 rm -rf /root/.go/*
-tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.21.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.21.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 mv temp-go/go/* /root/.go/
 cd $SRC/containerd
 
diff --git a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1 b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
index 740db97fcd..63bfda04e0 100644
--- a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
+++ b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # lived test environment.
 Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring:$true
 
-$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.21.6"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
+$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.21.8"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
 
 Write-Host "Downloading chocolatey package"
 curl.exe -L "https://packages.chocolatey.org/chocolatey.0.10.15.nupkg" -o 'c:\choco.zip'