diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d64a3b4a7..eca75eeb9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM quay.io/giantswarm/golang:1.20.3 AS builder
+FROM quay.io/giantswarm/golang:1.21.3 AS builder
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
 COPY go.mod /etc/go.mod
 RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch $(cat /etc/go.mod | grep k8scloudconfig | awk '{print $2}') https://github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig.git && cp -r k8scloudconfig /opt/k8scloudconfig
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c34df558d..52d18c7ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/auth v0.5.11
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions/v6 v6.0.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions/v6 v6.6.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/badnodedetector v1.0.1
 	github.com/giantswarm/certs/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/conditions v0.5.0
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/errors v0.3.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/exporterkit v1.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/ipam v0.3.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/k8sclient/v7 v7.0.1
+	github.com/giantswarm/k8sclient/v7 v7.1.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v17 v17.2.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.19.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.23.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/kubelock/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microendpoint v1.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microkit v1.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/micrologger v1.0.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/operatorkit/v7 v7.0.1
-	github.com/giantswarm/release-operator/v4 v4.0.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/operatorkit/v7 v7.1.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/release-operator/v4 v4.1.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/tenantcluster/v6 v6.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/to v0.4.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/versionbundle v1.0.0