diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 86d56bf93b8cde0124d9f985cecc407944215115..6469d86f417dff63458cf622986ecbbd0eedeb00 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16 AS build
+FROM golang:1.17.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench/
 COPY go.mod go.sum ./
 COPY main.go .