diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index ab94af26c..4bbeb2c61 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ tasks:
       WOODPECKER_DEV_WWW_PROXY: http://localhost:8010
       WOODPECKER_BACKEND_DOCKER_NETWORK: ci_default
     init: |
-      GO_VERSION=1.20
+      GO_VERSION=1.21.5
+      rm -rf ~/go
       curl -fsSL https://dl.google.com/go/go$GO_VERSION.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xzs -C ~/
       go mod tidy
       mkdir -p web/dist