diff --git a/.github/workflows/horizon.yml b/.github/workflows/horizon.yml
index 117e11bb6f..f537bfb029 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/horizon.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/horizon.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_ENABLED: true
       HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_CORE_MAX_SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL: ${{ matrix.protocol-version }}
       HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_CAPTIVE_CORE_USE_DB: true
-      PROTOCOL_21_CORE_DEBIAN_PKG_VERSION: 21.0.0-1872.c6f474133.focal
+      PROTOCOL_21_CORE_DEBIAN_PKG_VERSION: 21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal
       PROTOCOL_21_CORE_DOCKER_IMG: stellar/stellar-core:21
       PROTOCOL_21_SOROBAN_RPC_DOCKER_IMG: stellar/soroban-rpc:21.0.0-rc2-73
       PGHOST: localhost
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test (and push) verify-range image
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      STELLAR_CORE_VERSION: 21.0.0-1872.c6f474133.focal
+      STELLAR_CORE_VERSION: 21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal
       CAPTIVE_CORE_STORAGE_PATH: /tmp
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter-release.yml
index 8738f53def..a492451dc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter-release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       # this is the multi-arch index sha, get it by 'docker buildx imagetools inspect stellar/quickstart:testing'
       LEDGEREXPORTER_INTEGRATION_TESTS_QUICKSTART_IMAGE: docker.io/stellar/quickstart:testing@sha256:03c6679f838a92b1eda4cd3a9e2bdee4c3586e278a138a0acf36a9bc99a0041f
       LEDGEREXPORTER_INTEGRATION_TESTS_QUICKSTART_IMAGE_PULL: "false"
-      STELLAR_CORE_VERSION: 21.1.0-1921.b3aeb14cc.focal
+      STELLAR_CORE_VERSION: 21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal
     steps:
       - name: Set VERSION
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter.yml b/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter.yml
index ac1e265582..7377df1c62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ledgerexporter.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Test Ledger Exporter
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      CAPTIVE_CORE_DEBIAN_PKG_VERSION: 21.1.0-1921.b3aeb14cc.focal
+      CAPTIVE_CORE_DEBIAN_PKG_VERSION: 21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal
       LEDGEREXPORTER_INTEGRATION_TESTS_ENABLED: "true"
       LEDGEREXPORTER_INTEGRATION_TESTS_CAPTIVE_CORE_BIN: /usr/bin/stellar-core
       # this pins to a version of quickstart:testing that has the same version of core
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/docs/GUIDE_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md b/services/horizon/internal/docs/GUIDE_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md
index cdbc1b97c7..bee73fa1ef 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/docs/GUIDE_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/docs/GUIDE_FOR_DEVELOPERS.md
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ By default, the Docker Compose file is configured to use version 21 of Protocol
 ```bash
 export PROTOCOL_VERSION="21"
 export CORE_IMAGE="stellar/stellar-core:21" 
-export STELLAR_CORE_VERSION="21.0.0-1872.c6f474133.focal"
+export STELLAR_CORE_VERSION="21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal"
 ```
 
 Example:
 
 Runs Stellar Protocol and Core version 21, for any mode of testnet, standalone, pubnet
 ```bash
-PROTOCOL_VERSION=21 CORE_IMAGE=stellar/stellar-core:21 STELLAR_CORE_VERSION=21.0.0-1872.c6f474133.focal ./start.sh [standalone|pubnet]
+PROTOCOL_VERSION=21 CORE_IMAGE=stellar/stellar-core:21 STELLAR_CORE_VERSION=21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal ./start.sh [standalone|pubnet]
 ```
 
 ## <a name="logging"></a> **Logging**
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/docs/TESTING_NOTES.md b/services/horizon/internal/docs/TESTING_NOTES.md
index c7db9cd465..be7b309321 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/docs/TESTING_NOTES.md
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/docs/TESTING_NOTES.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Before running integration tests, you also need to set some environment variable
 ```bash
 export HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_ENABLED=true
 export HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_CORE_MAX_SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL=21
-export HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_DOCKER_IMG=stellar/stellar-core:21.0.0-1872.c6f474133.focal
+export HORIZON_INTEGRATION_TESTS_DOCKER_IMG=stellar/stellar-core:21.2.0-1953.d78f48eac.focal
 ```
 Make sure to check [horizon.yml](/.github/workflows/horizon.yml) for the latest core image version.