diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 09b0429a..75b62025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: ^1.13
+        go-version: ^1.17
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1e287ae6..4ec1501f 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # docker container. The alpine build image has to match
 # the alpine image in the referencing runtime container.
 #########################################################
-FROM golang:1.13.4-alpine3.10 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.17.6-alpine3.10 AS builder
 
 # We need so that dep can fetch it's dependencies
 RUN apk --no-cache add git