diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55a2abd53..cd56bf36b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ setup a Go environment, you could build CoreDNS easily:
 ```
 docker run --rm -i -t \
     -v $PWD:/go/src/github.com/coredns/coredns -w /go/src/github.com/coredns/coredns \
-        golang:1.21 sh -c 'GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" make gen && GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" make'
+        golang:1.22 sh -c 'GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" make gen && GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" make'
 ```
 
 The above command alone will have `coredns` binary generated.