diff --git a/r/rclone/rclone-1.65.2.eb b/r/rclone/rclone-1.65.2.eb
index b1cb44be..74f1d5af 100644
--- a/r/rclone/rclone-1.65.2.eb
+++ b/r/rclone/rclone-1.65.2.eb
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ source_urls = [GITHUB_SOURCE]
 sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
 checksums = ['5ae6179908650429e8d366e4940b586a4bd4aa9ee90c23c423be35550dded346']
 
-# rclone 1.61.1 needs at least Go 1.17
-builddependencies = [('Go', '1.17.3')]
+builddependencies = [('Go', '1.21.6')]
 
 postinstallcmds = [
     "mkdir -p %(installdir)s/share/{doc,man/man1}",