diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1750f8d86e..95f499bd75 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kind
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0