diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index b6faae65ddb..3b5ad8afb5b 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Golang (next candidate)
   - name: "golang (next candidate)"
-    version: 1.17rc1
+    version: 1.17rc2
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: \d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)?\.?(\d+)?
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: REVISION:\ '\d+'
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/build-image/go-runner (next candidate)"
-    version: v2.3.1-go1.17rc1-buster.0
+    version: v2.3.1-go1.17rc2-buster.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
       match: v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: REVISION:\ '\d+'
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross (next candidate)"
-    version: v1.17.0-rc.1-1
+    version: v1.17.0-rc.2-1
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)-\d+
diff --git a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
index 458e605ad6f..64902208bb5 100644
--- a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ variants:
   go1.17:
     TYPE: 'default'
     CONFIG: 'go1.17'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc1'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.17.0-rc.1-1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc2'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.17.0-rc.2-1'
     PROTOBUF_VERSION: '3.7.0'
     ETCD_VERSION: 'v3.4.13'
   go1.16:
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
index 98acbd01ce9..dffc29e0df4 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 variants:
   go1.17-buster:
     CONFIG: 'go1.17-buster'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.17rc1-buster.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.3.1-go1.17rc2-buster.0'
     GO_MINOR_VERSION: '1.17'
     OS_CODENAME: 'buster'
     REVISION: '0'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc2'
     DISTROLESS_IMAGE: 'static-debian10'
   go1.16-buster:
     CONFIG: 'go1.16-buster'
diff --git a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
index 697fe5bf072..b6808eee749 100644
--- a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   go1.17:
     CONFIG: 'go1.17'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc2'
     REVISION: '0'
   go1.16:
     CONFIG: 'go1.16'
diff --git a/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml b/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
index 0ca7dbca0a7..acec75f3671 100644
--- a/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variants:
     OLD_BAZEL_VERSION: '2.2.0'
   '1.23':
     CONFIG: '1.23'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.17rc2'
     BAZEL_VERSION: '3.4.1'
     OLD_BAZEL_VERSION: '2.2.0'
   '1.22':