diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index b2c53776ad4..bbb76d3675c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 	"build": {
 		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
 		"args": {
-			// Update the VARIANT arg to pick a version of Go: 1, 1.15, 1.14
-			"VARIANT": "1.14",
+			// Update the VARIANT arg to pick a version of Go
+			"VARIANT": "1.16",
 			// Options
 			"INSTALL_NODE": "false",
 			"NODE_VERSION": "lts/*",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
index 30370178ca8..9cf371ca168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-merge.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: 1.14.2
+        go-version: 1.16.4
 
     - name: Checkout Merged Branch
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 3efc51d287a..1eb137467ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   validate:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.14.x, 1.15.x]
+        go-version: [1.15.x, 1.16.x]
         os: [ubuntu-18.04]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c772d9f2df..4b0bee4a820 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y upgrade && \
     apt-get install -y wget
 RUN cd /tmp && \
-    wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xf go1.14.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+    wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xf go1.16.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
     mv go /usr/local
 RUN mkdir -p /app/prebid-server/
 WORKDIR /app/prebid-server/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3338ce1613..64486fd4393 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Please consider [registering your Prebid Server](https://docs.prebid.org/prebid-
 
 ## Installation
 
-First install [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) version 1.14 or newer.
+First install [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) version 1.15 or newer.
 
 Note that prebid-server is using [Go modules](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules).
 We officially support the most recent two major versions of the Go runtime. However, if you'd like to use a version <1.13 and are inside GOPATH `GO111MODULE` needs to be set to `GO111MODULE=on`.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6d1fe334390..7d10a5c9bca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/prebid/prebid-server
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.6.1
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.1.0
-	github.com/k0kubun/colorstring v0.0.0-20150214042306-9440f1994b88 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 78b21ae139c..4cb5863dd41 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.6.1 h1:OseoBlzI5ftNI/bczyxSWq6PKRCNEeiXvyWP/wS
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.6.1/go.mod h1:qZna6X/4elxqT3yI9iZYdZrWWdeFOOprn86kgg4+IzY=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.1.0 h1:7wLdtIiIpzOkC9u6sXOozpBauPdskj3ru4EI5MABq68=
 github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SYymIcj16QtmaHHD7aYtjjsJG7VTCxuUUipMqKk8s4w=
-github.com/k0kubun/colorstring v0.0.0-20150214042306-9440f1994b88 h1:uC1QfSlInpQF+M0ao65imhwqKnz3Q2z/d8PWZRMQvDM=
-github.com/k0kubun/colorstring v0.0.0-20150214042306-9440f1994b88/go.mod h1:3w7q1U84EfirKl04SVQ/s7nPm1ZPhiXd34z40TNz36k=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0 h1:X5PMW56eZitiTeO7tKzZxFCSpbFZJtkMMooicw2us9A=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=