diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 474ec99..d620e5e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/apache/thrift
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0