diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
index e0855821..042953f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.2" ]
+        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.3" ]
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(vars['CROSS_COMPILE_RUNNER_UBUNTU'] || '"ubuntu-latest"') }}
     name: "Cross Compilation (Go ${{matrix.go}})"
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index b6e33e78..362a24ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.2" ]
+        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.3" ]
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(vars['INTEGRATION_RUNNER_UBUNTU'] || '"ubuntu-latest"') }}
     env:
       DEBUG: false # set this to true to export qlogs and save them as artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
index f436d748..fb21749f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu", "windows", "macos" ]
-        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.2" ]
+        go: [ "1.20.x", "1.21.0-rc.3" ]
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(vars[format('UNIT_RUNNER_{0}', matrix.os)] || format('"{0}-latest"', matrix.os)) }}
     name: Unit tests (${{ matrix.os}}, Go ${{ matrix.go }})
     steps: