diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 910c58c3..d624eef8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG BASE_IMAGE_FULL
 ARG BASE_IMAGE_MINIMAL
 # Build the manager biinary
-FROM golang:1.16.7-buster as builder
+FROM golang:1.17.1-buster as builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 670d2c76..a5dbf6eb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery-operator
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4
@@ -13,3 +13,62 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.22.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.10.2
 )
+
+require (
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.54.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.18 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.13 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/form3tech-oss/jwt-go v3.2.3+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.11 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210220033148-5ea612d1eb83 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210520170846-37e1c6afe023 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210817190340-bfb29a6856f2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.22.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20210421082810-95288971da7e // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210819203725-bdf08cb9a70a // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
+)