diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 53a92561..64c5b9ac 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     docker:
       # specify the version
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.14
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
 
       # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
       # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
   race:
     docker:
       # specify the version
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.13
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
 
       # Specify service dependencies here if necessary
       # CircleCI maintains a library of pre-built images
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
   end_to_end:
     working_directory: /go/src/github.com/rqlite/rqlite
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.13
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
     steps:
         - checkout
         - run: sudo apt-get install python-requests