diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a230cd9..7579c0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Service-manager-config is expected to have the following structure:
 
 
 ## Building/Developing Service-Manager-2
-SM2 has no external dependencies other than go 1.16+. You can build it locally via:
+SM2 has no external dependencies other than go 1.20+. You can build it locally via:
 
 ```bash
 go build
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3647649..f2d5822 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module sm2
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.20