diff --git a/.github/workflows/golint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golint.yaml
index a08f3458..fe8164fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golint.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ["1.20"]
+        go-version: ["1.21"]
     steps:
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4.0.0
         with:
-          version: v1.51.2
           args: -E bodyclose,gocritic,gofmt,gosec,govet,nestif,nlreturn,revive,rowserrcheck --exclude G401,G501,G107,G307
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index db9807bc..106e5162 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.20'
+          go-version: '1.21'
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 88afb771..5acb1b65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ["1.20"]
+        go-version: ["1.21"]
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
           - windows-latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7879c08a..b86f0c81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ You can get the current version of the sda-cli by running:
 This section contains the information required to install, modify and run the `sda-cli` tool.
 
 ## Requirements
-The `sda-cli` is written in golang. In order to be able to modify, build and run the tool, golang (>= 1.20) needs to be installed. The instructions for installing `go` can be found [here](https://go.dev/doc/install).
+The `sda-cli` is written in golang. In order to be able to modify, build and run the tool, golang (>= 1.21) needs to be installed. The instructions for installing `go` can be found [here](https://go.dev/doc/install).
 
 ## Build tool
 To build the `sda-cli` tool run the following command from the root folder of the repository