diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index b019e3fb..5b48aa43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: [ '1.14' ]
+        go: [ '1.16' ]
 
     steps:
       # Setup
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 543f0888..535209b2 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.14 as builder
+FROM golang:1.16 as builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 ARG GO111MODULE=on
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4fbc6e7e..bb81b347 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/apache/lucene-solr-operator
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/docker/spdystream v0.0.0-20181023171402-6480d4af844c // indirect