diff --git a/.github/workflows/evmc.yml b/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
index afb82c1d38..3fbdef8f0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.13
+          go-version: ^1.16
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test EVMC
         run: |
-          make test-evmc
\ No newline at end of file
+          make test-evmc