diff --git a/nerdctl.changes b/nerdctl.changes
index 3ba380a..459f2f7 100644
--- a/nerdctl.changes
+++ b/nerdctl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 10 06:16:47 UTC 2023 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
+
+- Bump go version to 1.21 (bsc#1215611)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 27 06:21:54 UTC 2023 - danish.prakash@suse.com
 
diff --git a/nerdctl.spec b/nerdctl.spec
index 87fdc71..56b2036 100644
--- a/nerdctl.spec
+++ b/nerdctl.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        vendor.tar.xz
-BuildRequires:  golang(API) >= 1.18
+BuildRequires:  golang(API) >= 1.21
 Requires:       buildkit
 Requires:       cni-plugins
 Requires:       containerd