diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cb5eff6b8..3b68659ff 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build node feature discovery
-FROM golang:1.15.5-buster as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.2-buster as builder
 
 # Get (cache) deps in a separate layer
 COPY go.mod go.sum /go/node-feature-discovery/
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9ee1b76cb..821257ff0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9