diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 36e8f2a52..3eaeb3aeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.15.x, 1.16.x, 1.17.x]
+        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
         rootless: ["rootless", ""]
         race: ["-race", ""]
         criu: [""]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d77976533..0d701a345 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ A third party security audit was performed by Cure53, you can see the full repor
 
 ## Building
 
-`runc` only supports Linux. It must be built with Go version 1.15 or higher.
+`runc` only supports Linux. It must be built with Go version 1.16 or higher.
 
 In order to enable seccomp support you will need to install `libseccomp` on your platform.
 > e.g. `libseccomp-devel` for CentOS, or `libseccomp-dev` for Ubuntu
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ You can run a test using your container engine's flags by setting `CONTAINER_ENG
 
 `runc` uses [Go Modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for dependencies management.
 Please refer to [Go Modules](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules) for how to add or update
-new dependencies. When updating dependencies, be sure that you are running Go `1.14` or newer.
+new dependencies.
 
 ```
 # Update vendored dependencies
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9442f1dd2..a57f29a43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/opencontainers/runc
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v5 v5.1.0