diff --git a/tests/e2e/ansible/group_vars/all b/tests/e2e/ansible/group_vars/all
index 26835b65..7285f306 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/tests/e2e/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build_pkgs:
     - make
     - gcc
 container_runtime: containerd
-go_version: 1.20.7
+go_version: 1.21.7
 # conntrack and socat are needed by the `kubeadm init` preflight checks
 kubeadm_pkgs:
   ubuntu: