diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
index d6b626e6e..295f2428e 100644
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ parameters:
 executors:
   golang-executor:
     docker:
-      - image: gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.21.6
+      - image: gcr.io/gcr-for-testing/golang:1.21.8
   machine-executor:
     machine:
       image: ubuntu-2204:current
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c5cda6df..e945ce9c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 - (Feature) Merge ArangoDB Usage Metrics
 - (Bugfix) Check Connection to the ArangoDB before creating Backup
 - (Feature) Deployment & Members Condition metrics
+- (Maintenance) Update Go to 1.21.8 & Dependencies
 
 ## [1.2.38](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.38) (2024-02-22)
 - (Feature) Extract GRPC Server
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b44f7e33..a9c487579 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 TEST_BUILD ?= 0
 GOBUILDARGS ?=
-GOBASEVERSION := 1.21.6
+GOBASEVERSION := 1.21.8
 GOVERSION := $(GOBASEVERSION)-alpine3.18
 DISTRIBUTION := alpine:3.15
 GOCOMPAT := $(shell sed -En 's/^go (.*)$$/\1/p' go.mod)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 343fcdf4f..b3105b235 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.5
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.28.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 446d91115..9b84b1a2a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2007,6 +2007,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=