diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3ac5c7a1..08d24165 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # use a builder image for building cloudflare
 ARG TARGET_GOOS
 ARG TARGET_GOARCH
-FROM golang:1.15.7 as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.4 as builder
 ENV GO111MODULE=on \
     CGO_ENABLED=0 \
     TARGET_GOOS=${TARGET_GOOS} \
diff --git a/cfsetup.yaml b/cfsetup.yaml
index 99e72e23..cb617a7e 100644
--- a/cfsetup.yaml
+++ b/cfsetup.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pinned_go: &pinned_go go=1.15.7-1
+pinned_go: &pinned_go go=1.16.4-3
 pinned_go_fips: &pinned_go_fips go-fips=1.15.5-3
 
 build_dir: &build_dir /cfsetup_build
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ centos-7:
       - https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
     pre-cache:
       - yum install -y fakeroot
-      - wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz -P /tmp/
-      - tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go1.15.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+      - wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz -P /tmp/
+      - tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
     post-cache:
       - export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
       - export GOOS=linux
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ centos-7:
     builddeps: *el7_builddeps
     pre-cache:
       - yum install -y fakeroot
-      - wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz -P /tmp/
-      - tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go1.15.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+      - wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz -P /tmp/
+      - tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
     post-cache:
       - export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
       - export GOOS=linux
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 4456f153..a9197c9b 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.15.7 as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.4 as builder
 ENV GO111MODULE=on \
     CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/