diff --git a/Dockerfile.operator b/Dockerfile.operator
index 92187c10..6294dad1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.operator
+++ b/Dockerfile.operator
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM docker.io/golang:1.21-bullseye as builder
+FROM docker.io/golang:1.22-bookworm as builder
 ARG license=true
 
 WORKDIR /workspace