diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 0f75355..7c36f56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         go-version:
           # support the two most recent major go versions
           - 1.x
-          - 1.15.x
+          - 1.16.x
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
           # minimum go version that works. This is not necessarily supported in
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b87c4b1..e5309e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16 as build
+FROM golang:1.17 as build
 LABEL maintainer="Will Norris <will@willnorris.com>"
 
 RUN useradd -u 1001 go