diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 0c17536..5655ba5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.14.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
       - name: Setup Kustomize
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 24da75c..0768923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2-beta
         with:
-          go-version: 1.14.x
+          go-version: 1.16.x
       - name: Download release notes utility
         env:
           GH_REL_URL: https://github.com/buchanae/github-release-notes/releases/download/0.2.0/github-release-notes-linux-amd64-0.2.0.tar.gz