diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
index cea27d9b8560a..6d4302d2b540c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/README.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ## image-reuse.yaml
 
 - The resuable workflow can be used to publish or build images with multiple container registries(Quay,GHCR, dockerhub), and then sign them with cosign when an image is published.
-- A GO version `must` be specified e.g. 1.19
+- A GO version `must` be specified e.g. 1.21
 - The image name for each registry *must* contain the tag. Note: multiple tags are allowed for each registry using a CSV type.
 - Multiple platforms can be specified e.g. linux/amd64,linux/arm64
 - Images are not published by default. A boolean value must be set to `true` to push images.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index ca82fa060b0c1..eaa6123b9a0e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # Golang version to use across CI steps
-  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.20'
+  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.21'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@639cd343e1d3b897ff35927a75193d57cfcba299 # v3.6.0
         with:
-          version: v1.51.0
+          version: v1.54.0
           args: --enable gofmt --timeout 10m --exclude SA5011 --verbose --max-issues-per-linter 0 --max-same-issues 0
 
   test-go:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image.yaml b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
index e98ae27708263..56ec503c1c35d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
     with:
       # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.20
+      go-version: 1.21
       platforms: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.platforms }}
       push: false
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       quay_image_name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:latest
       ghcr_image_name: ghcr.io/argoproj/argo-cd/argocd:${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.image-tag }}
       # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.20
+      go-version: 1.21
       platforms: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.platforms }}
       push: true
     secrets:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c2db4b531649d..4ec4bc71a7db6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 
 env:
-  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.20' # Note: go-version must also be set in job argocd-image.with.go-version
+  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.21' # Note: go-version must also be set in job argocd-image.with.go-version
 
 jobs:
   argocd-image:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       quay_image_name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:${{ github.ref_name }}
       # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.20
+      go-version: 1.21
       platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/s390x,linux/ppc64le
       push: true
     secrets:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 90c411b22c403..53d7f99070be8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/library/ubuntu:22.04@sha256:ac58ff7fe25edc58bdf0067ca99
 # Initial stage which pulls prepares build dependencies and CLI tooling we need for our final image
 # Also used as the image in CI jobs so needs all dependencies
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.20.6@sha256:8e5a0067e6b387263a01d06b91ef1a983f90e9638564f6e25392fd2695f7ab6c AS builder
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.0@sha256:ec457a2fcd235259273428a24e09900c496d0c52207266f96a330062a01e3622 AS builder
 
 RUN echo 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ RUN HOST_ARCH=$TARGETARCH NODE_ENV='production' NODE_ONLINE_ENV='online' NODE_OP
 ####################################################################################################
 # Argo CD Build stage which performs the actual build of Argo CD binaries
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.20.6@sha256:8e5a0067e6b387263a01d06b91ef1a983f90e9638564f6e25392fd2695f7ab6c AS argocd-build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.0@sha256:ec457a2fcd235259273428a24e09900c496d0c52207266f96a330062a01e3622 AS argocd-build
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
 
diff --git a/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh b/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
index 4ca5eb651966f..b4f68e464b15b 100755
--- a/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
+++ b/hack/installers/install-lint-tools.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eux -o pipefail
 
-GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.51.0
+GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.54.0
diff --git a/test/container/Dockerfile b/test/container/Dockerfile
index 22b984dfa2633..2eabc4092d654 100644
--- a/test/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/container/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RUN ln -s /usr/lib/$(uname -m)-linux-gnu /usr/lib/linux-gnu
 # Please make sure to also check the contained yarn version and update the references below when upgrading this image's version
 FROM docker.io/library/node:20.4.0@sha256:b3ca7d32f0c12291df6e45a914d4ee60011a3fce4a978df5e609e356a4a2cb88 as node
 
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.20.6@sha256:8e5a0067e6b387263a01d06b91ef1a983f90e9638564f6e25392fd2695f7ab6c as golang
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.0@sha256:ec457a2fcd235259273428a24e09900c496d0c52207266f96a330062a01e3622 as golang
 
 FROM docker.io/library/registry:2.8@sha256:41f413c22d6156587e2a51f3e80c09808b8c70e82be149b82b5e0196a88d49b4 as registry
 
diff --git a/test/remote/Dockerfile b/test/remote/Dockerfile
index 9851825b58264..674c940a4a844 100644
--- a/test/remote/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/remote/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/library/ubuntu:22.04
 
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.20.6@sha256:8e5a0067e6b387263a01d06b91ef1a983f90e9638564f6e25392fd2695f7ab6c AS go
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.0@sha256:ec457a2fcd235259273428a24e09900c496d0c52207266f96a330062a01e3622 AS go
 
 RUN go install github.com/mattn/goreman@latest && \
     go install github.com/kisielk/godepgraph@latest
diff --git a/util/argo/argo_test.go b/util/argo/argo_test.go
index 021e161b6e0dd..780a2c0403267 100644
--- a/util/argo/argo_test.go
+++ b/util/argo/argo_test.go
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ func Test_GetRefSources(t *testing.T) {
 			{RepoURL: fmt.Sprintf("file://%s", repoPath)},
 		})
 
-		refSources, err := GetRefSources(context.TODO(), *argoSpec, repoDB)
+		refSources, err := GetRefSources(context.Background(), *argoSpec, repoDB)
 
 		expectedRefSource := argoappv1.RefTargetRevisionMapping{
 			"$source-1_2": &argoappv1.RefTarget{
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ func Test_GetRefSources(t *testing.T) {
 			{RepoURL: "file://does-not-exist", Ref: "source1"},
 		})
 
-		refSources, err := GetRefSources(context.TODO(), *argoSpec, repoDB)
+		refSources, err := GetRefSources(context.Background(), *argoSpec, repoDB)
 
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 		assert.Empty(t, refSources)