diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 7e2294c1e6d..9e290fb6a51 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Gitea DevContainer",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go:1.20-bullseye",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go:1.21-bullseye",
   "features": {
     // installs nodejs into container
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {