diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9185e0a32..480012e71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ env:
   # /dev.Dockerfile
   # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/release.yml
-  GO_VERSION: 1.15.7
+  GO_VERSION: 1.16.3
 
 jobs:
   ########################
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0f40d5209..9a4ef98bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
   # /dev.Dockerfile
   # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/main.yml
-  GO_VERSION: 1.15.7
+  GO_VERSION: 1.16.3
 
 jobs:
   main:
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9a6987aa4..3d8bd27e1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ go:
   # /make/builder.Dockerfile
   # /.github/workflows/main.yml
   # /.github/workflows/release.yml
-  - "1.15.7"
+  - 1.16.3
 
 env:
   global:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 29d332d83..c6310f5c6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # /make/builder.Dockerfile
 # /.github/workflows/main.yml
 # /.github/workflows/release.yml
-FROM golang:1.15.7-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.3-alpine as builder
 
 # Force Go to use the cgo based DNS resolver. This is required to ensure DNS
 # queries required to connect to linked containers succeed.
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 046bf3e4f..bbe201466 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # /make/builder.Dockerfile
 # /.github/workflows/main.yml
 # /.github/workflows/release.yml
-FROM golang:1.15.7-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.3-alpine as builder
 
 LABEL maintainer="Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>"
 
diff --git a/docker/btcd/Dockerfile b/docker/btcd/Dockerfile
index 4013994b6..73957d0de 100644
--- a/docker/btcd/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/btcd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.15.7-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.3-alpine as builder
 
 LABEL maintainer="Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>"
 
diff --git a/docker/ltcd/Dockerfile b/docker/ltcd/Dockerfile
index 8d93d433b..c49c066e1 100644
--- a/docker/ltcd/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/ltcd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.15.7-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.16.3-alpine as builder
 
 LABEL maintainer="Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>"
 
diff --git a/lnrpc/Dockerfile b/lnrpc/Dockerfile
index abe385676..350580ad4 100644
--- a/lnrpc/Dockerfile
+++ b/lnrpc/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.15.7-buster
+FROM golang:1.16.3-buster
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   git \
diff --git a/make/builder.Dockerfile b/make/builder.Dockerfile
index 1e35f368b..1273150b5 100644
--- a/make/builder.Dockerfile
+++ b/make/builder.Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # /dev.Dockerfile
 # /.github/workflows/main.yml
 # /.github/workflows/release.yml
-FROM golang:1.15.7-buster
+FROM golang:1.16.3-buster
 
 MAINTAINER Olaoluwa Osuntokun <laolu@lightning.engineering>