diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 67e6ff1f77..cea7a90b1c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ARG CROSS="false"
 ARG SYSTEMD="false"
 # IMPORTANT: When updating this please note that stdlib archive/tar pkg is vendored
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.13.15
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.5
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG VPNKIT_VERSION=0.5.0
 ARG DOCKER_BUILDTAGS="apparmor seccomp"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.e2e b/Dockerfile.e2e
index b798c86175..a92bba599d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.13.15
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.5
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS base
 ENV GO111MODULE=off
diff --git a/Dockerfile.simple b/Dockerfile.simple
index a46ff4aa34..85b7cbb5c2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.simple
+++ b/Dockerfile.simple
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # This represents the bare minimum required to build and test Docker.
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.13.15
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.5
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-buster
 ENV GO111MODULE=off
diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows b/Dockerfile.windows
index fa73c52a72..ec40bdd0c1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.windows
+++ b/Dockerfile.windows
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ FROM microsoft/windowsservercore
 # Use PowerShell as the default shell
 SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.13.15
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.5
 ARG GOTESTSUM_COMMIT=v0.5.3
 
 # Environment variable notes: