diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 **Improvements**
 
 * `emp ps` now displays the task's host. [#983](https://github.com/remind101/empire/pull/983)
+* The `empire` and `emp` binaries are now built with Go 1.7 [#971](https://github.com/remind101/empire/pull/971)
 
 ## 0.11.0 (2016-08-22)
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.7
+FROM golang:1.7.0
 MAINTAINER Eric Holmes <eric@remind101.com>
 
 LABEL version 0.11.0