diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 4a13b345e..beba31239 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
-          version: v1.51.2
+          version: v1.55.2
 
           # Give the job more time to execute.
           args: --timeout=5m
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 3b9e4a0c1..ce2dd5357 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.20.12
+1.21.5
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 5925e59bc..ebc48ae98 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.12"
+    go: "1.21.5"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -121,15 +121,15 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.12"
+    go: "1.21.5"
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.12"
+    go: "1.21.5"
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.20.12"
+    go: "1.21.5"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6186e137f..01a7ae20b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-autodiscover
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 297623da3..adfe23026 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.8.0/go.mod h1:Wv1Oy7z6Yz3DshWRJFhqM/UCfaWIRTdp0RX
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FLPqc6j+Ki4BU591ie1oL6qBQGu2Bl/tZ9ullr3+Kg0=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7gZCb22OMCxBHrMx7a5I7Hp++hsVxbQ4BYO7hU=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 h1:UQHMgLO+TxOElx5B5HZ4hJQsoJ/PvUvKRhJHDQXO8P8=
+github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.18/go.mod h1:dSiJPy22c3u0OtOKDNttNgqpNFY/GeWa7GH/Pz56QRA=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13/go.mod h1:W/MM4U6nLxnIskrw4UwWzlHfGjwUS50aOsc/I3yuU8M=
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJ
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 h1:b6R2BslTbIEToALKP7LxUvijTsNI9TAe80pLWN2g/HU=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.1.0/go.mod h1:STckp+ISIX8hZLjrqAeVduY0gWCT9IjLuqbuNX
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2/go.mod h1:9ZxEEn6pIJ8Rxe320qSDBk6AsU0r9pR7Q4OcevTdifk=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0 h1:R7cSvGu+Vv+qX0gW5R/85dx2kmmJT5z5NM8ifdYjdn0=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.3.0/go.mod h1:BrRVncBjOJa/eUcVVm9CE+oC6as8k+VYr4NY7WCi9V4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
@@ -308,6 +311,7 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 h1:ECmE8Bn/WFTYwEW/bpKD3M8VtR/zQVbavAoalC1PYyE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11/go.mod h1:cwTWslyiVhfpKIDGSZEM2HlOvcqm+tG4zioyIeLoqMQ=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12 h1:gZAh5/EyT/HQwlpkCy6wTpqfH9H8Lz8zbm3dZh+OyzA=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12/go.mod h1:cwTWslyiVhfpKIDGSZEM2HlOvcqm+tG4zioyIeLoqMQ=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 h1:dg6GjLku4EH+249NNmoIciG9N/jURbDG+pFlTkhzIC8=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0/go.mod h1:7EAYxJLBy9rStEaz58O2t4Uvip6FSURkq8/ppBp95ak=