diff --git a/syft.changes b/syft.changes
index fe32e94..bd84c5b 100644
--- a/syft.changes
+++ b/syft.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  3 09:12:53 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- BuildRequire go1.21
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct 21 18:16:53 UTC 2023 - kastl@b1-systems.de
 
diff --git a/syft.spec b/syft.spec
index 72bf846..52324ba 100644
--- a/syft.spec
+++ b/syft.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/anchore/syft
 Source:         syft-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        vendor.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  go >= 1.18
+BuildRequires:  go >= 1.21
 
 %description
 A CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems. Exceptional for vulnerability detection when used with a scanner like Grype.