diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c891f1b6..f88f6075 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ name: CI
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.21"
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build the project
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Make lint
         run: |
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Run the unit tests
         run: |
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.18.4"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Run e2e
         id: e2e
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5da78082..61e316c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*.*.*"
 
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.21"
+
 jobs:
   docker:
     name: Build and push image
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6623872..0b749776 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ MANIFESTS_DIR = ./manifests
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.24.1
 
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v1.50.1
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v1.54.2
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
diff --git a/controllers/greptimedbcluster/deployers/frontend.go b/controllers/greptimedbcluster/deployers/frontend.go
index a72e6241..a500db19 100644
--- a/controllers/greptimedbcluster/deployers/frontend.go
+++ b/controllers/greptimedbcluster/deployers/frontend.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (b *frontendBuilder) Generate() ([]client.Object, error) {
 func (b *frontendBuilder) generateMainContainerArgs() []string {
 	var args = []string{
 		"frontend", "start",
-		"--grpc-addr", fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", b.Cluster.Spec.GRPCServicePort),
+		"--rpc-addr", fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", b.Cluster.Spec.GRPCServicePort),
 		"--metasrv-addr", fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s:%d", ResourceName(b.Cluster.Name, v1alpha1.MetaComponentKind),
 			b.Cluster.Namespace, b.Cluster.Spec.Meta.ServicePort),
 		"--http-addr", fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", b.Cluster.Spec.HTTPServicePort),
diff --git a/docker/initializer/Dockerfile b/docker/initializer/Dockerfile
index 8c9d78af..c5540488 100644
--- a/docker/initializer/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/initializer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 as builder
 
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 WORKDIR /greptimedb-operator
diff --git a/docker/operator/Dockerfile b/docker/operator/Dockerfile
index 3d8a18b0..2e7fabbd 100644
--- a/docker/operator/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/operator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21 as builder
 
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 WORKDIR /greptimedb-operator