diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 428abfd24fb..f124bfa1554 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.21.8
+1.21.9
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 958a7ba9a0e..0af7d1e2dc4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docker-remove:
 
 
 
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.21.8
+GO_VERSION ?= $(shell cat .go-version)
 ETCD_VERSION ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "GitNotFound")
 
 TEST_SUFFIX = $(shell date +%s | base64 | head -c 15)
diff --git a/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh b/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
index 84e6f214084..e4a9576e920 100755
--- a/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
+++ b/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ! [[ "${0}" =~ "scripts/docker-local-agent.sh" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${GO_VERSION}" ]]; then
-  GO_VERSION=1.21.8
+  GO_VERSION=1.21.9
 fi
 echo "Running with GO_VERSION:" ${GO_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh b/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
index 6b0303f9130..7abe83e2673 100755
--- a/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
+++ b/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if ! [[ "${0}" =~ "scripts/docker-local-tester.sh" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${GO_VERSION}" ]]; then
-  GO_VERSION=1.21.8
+  GO_VERSION=1.21.9
 fi
 echo "Running with GO_VERSION:" ${GO_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8eba57aa3f..d3e0671770e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.9
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20180412165947-fbb02b2291d2
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.3
 	gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 v1.0.25
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cfbedc5e620..1cb9420028d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnf
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0 h1:r8bRNjWL3GshPW3gkd+RpvzWrZAwPS49OmTGZ/uhM4k=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0 h1:X31++rzVUdKhX5sWmSOFZxx8UW/ldWx55cbf08iNAMA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0/go.mod h1:0BP7YvVV9gBbVKyeTG0Gyn+gZm94bibOW5BjDEYAOMs=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLL
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200625001655-4c5254603344/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201202161906-c7110b5ffcbb/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 h1:7EYJ93RZ9vYSZAIb2x3lnuvqO5zneoD6IvWjuhfxjTs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=