diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-periodics-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-periodics-main.yaml
index 3485c94ed5a6..63e288bb2a2f 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-periodics-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-periodics-main.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ periodics:
     base_ref: main
   spec:
     containers:
-    - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.20
+    - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.21
       command:
       - ./hack/ci-check-everything.sh
       resources:
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-presubmits-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-presubmits-main.yaml
index 8d66bdcdab39..ff70c1c2646a 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-presubmits-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/controller-runtime-presubmits-main.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ presubmits:
     - ^main$
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.20
+      - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.21
         command:
         - ./hack/ci-check-everything.sh
         resources:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ presubmits:
     - ^main$
     spec:
       containers:
-      - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.20
+      - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang:1.21
         command:
         - ./hack/apidiff.sh
         resources: