diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 6f2e55a76..34ee7c71d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: 1.21
           cache: false # the golangci-lint action already caches for us (https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint-action#performance)
 
       - name: golangci-lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 8fcd9c59f..7664bcd7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: 1.21
           cache: true
 
       - name: Run all integration tests.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sims.yml b/.github/workflows/sims.yml
index afa2c6df0..fa25234ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sims.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sims.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: 1.21
           cache: true
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
             go.sum
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: 1.21
           cache: true
         if: env.GIT_DIFF
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index c91bf48af..c1cd2d2d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
+          go-version: 1.21
           cache: true
 
       - name: Run all unit tests.
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.19
+        go-version: 1.21
 
     - name: Build the nibid binary 
       run: make build
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 03afeba75..f97963d7e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.19 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.21 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /nibiru
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/chaosnet.Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/chaosnet.Dockerfile
index 943c0a4a2..b08b1362a 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/chaosnet.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/chaosnet.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.19 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.21 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /nibiru
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
index 2b1e9b7d1..fef40b37d 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/goreleaser.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM golang:1.19 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.21 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /root
-COPY dist/ /root/
+COPY ./dist/ /root/
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then \
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then \
   cp linux_linux_amd64_v1/nibid /root/nibid; \
   fi
 
-FROM alpine
+FROM alpine:latest
 
 WORKDIR /root
 RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
diff --git a/contrib/make/release.mk b/contrib/make/release.mk
index af71d17eb..8b7289af0 100644
--- a/contrib/make/release.mk
+++ b/contrib/make/release.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 PACKAGE_NAME		  := github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru
-GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION  ?= v1.19.4
+GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION  ?= v1.21.5
 
 release:
 	docker run \
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@ release-snapshot:
 		-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
-		-e GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN} \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
-		release --rm-dist --snapshot
+		release --clean --snapshot