diff --git a/.github/gh-actions-self-hosted-runners/arc/images/Dockerfile b/.github/gh-actions-self-hosted-runners/arc/images/Dockerfile
index 2cbfea75ab558..b928c41bf435a 100644
--- a/.github/gh-actions-self-hosted-runners/arc/images/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/gh-actions-self-hosted-runners/arc/images/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN curl -OL https://nodejs.org/dist/v18.16.0/node-v18.16.0-linux-x64.tar.xz &&
     mv /usr/local/node-v18.16.0-linux-x64 /usr/local/node
 ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/node/bin"
 #Install Go
-ARG go_version=1.21.0
+ARG go_version=1.21.1
 RUN curl -OL https://go.dev/dl/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
     tar -C /usr/local -xzf go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
     rm go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/gradle/bin"
 RUN curl -OL https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.31.0/gh_2.31.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz && \
     tar -xvf gh_2.31.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz && \
     rm gh_2.31.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz && \
-    mv gh_2.31.0_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin 
+    mv gh_2.31.0_linux_amd64/bin/gh /usr/local/bin
 #Install GCloud CLI and Kubectl
 RUN curl -OL https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-367.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
     tar -xvf google-cloud-sdk-367.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
diff --git a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
index c118ad0983342..91d5282ba753a 100644
--- a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ RUN pip3 install distlib==0.3.1 yapf==0.29.0 pytest
 ###
 # Install Go
 ###
-ENV DOWNLOAD_GO_VERSION=1.21.0
+ENV DOWNLOAD_GO_VERSION=1.21.1
 RUN wget https://golang.org/dl/go${DOWNLOAD_GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
     tar -C /usr/local -xzf go${DOWNLOAD_GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 ENV GOROOT /usr/local/go
diff --git a/playground/backend/go.mod b/playground/backend/go.mod
index 9f5fb433ab7e6..2b26017c32b71 100644
--- a/playground/backend/go.mod
+++ b/playground/backend/go.mod
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/DataflowRunner.java b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/DataflowRunner.java
index 17aea34045ff1..ab4be35247109 100644
--- a/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/DataflowRunner.java
+++ b/runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/dataflow/DataflowRunner.java
@@ -1331,6 +1331,14 @@ public DataflowPipelineJob run(Pipeline pipeline) {
       hooks.modifyEnvironmentBeforeSubmission(newJob.getEnvironment());
     }
 
+    // enable upload_graph when the graph is too large
+    if ((Utf8.encodedLength(newJob.toString()) >= CREATE_JOB_REQUEST_LIMIT_BYTES) &&
+        !hasExperiment(options, "upload_graph")) {
+      List<String> experiments = new ArrayList<>(options.getExperiments());
+      experiments.add("upload_graph");
+      options.setExperiments(ImmutableList.copyOf(experiments));
+    }
+
     // Upload the job to GCS and remove the graph object from the API call.  The graph
     // will be downloaded from GCS by the service.
     if (hasExperiment(options, "upload_graph")) {
diff --git a/sdks/go.mod b/sdks/go.mod
index ac7db57479178..3ed1e0756eb92 100644
--- a/sdks/go.mod
+++ b/sdks/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.33.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.49.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.33.0
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.21.0
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.21.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.40
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.13.38
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager v1.11.84
diff --git a/sdks/go/run_with_go_version.sh b/sdks/go/run_with_go_version.sh
index aa31399193a6a..a2d7ab600cbf3 100755
--- a/sdks/go/run_with_go_version.sh
+++ b/sdks/go/run_with_go_version.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ set -e
 #
 # This variable is also used as the execution command downscript.
 # The list of downloadable versions are at https://go.dev/dl/
-GOVERS=go1.21.0
+GOVERS=go1.21.1
 
 if ! command -v go &> /dev/null
 then