diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ff9f72c16038..b953a65ac1f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.20"
+          go-version: "1.21"
           check-latest: true
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: log/go.sum
diff --git a/log/CHANGELOG.md b/log/CHANGELOG.md
index 692afb8461e1..533ee90be555 100644
--- a/log/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/log/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ Each entry must include the Github issue reference in the following format:
 
 ## [v1.5.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/log/v1.4.1) - 2024-11-07
 
-* [#](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/) Disable coloring in testing logger.
+* [#22466](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22466) Disable coloring in testing logger.
 * [#22233](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22233) Use sonic json library for faster json handling.
-* [#22347](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22347) Add cosmossdk.io/log/slog to allow using a standard library log/slog-backed logger.
+* [#22347](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/22347) Add `cosmossdk.io/log/slog` to allow using a standard library log/slog-backed logger. This required to bump the minimum go version of `cosmossdk.io/log` to 1.21.
 
 ## [v1.4.1](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/log/v1.4.1) - 2024-08-16
 
diff --git a/log/go.mod b/log/go.mod
index 292e5d973e6f..abaf6ec03577 100644
--- a/log/go.mod
+++ b/log/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module cosmossdk.io/log
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.12.3