diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index ab036c79..ba1a7b66 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\rqlite\rqlite
 environment:
   GOPATH: c:\gopath
 
+stack: go 1.16
+
 install:
   - set BUILD_ENV=gnu
   - if %BUILD_ENV%==gnu  set PATH=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;C:\msys64\usr\bin\;%PATH%