diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
index f2fb8f75..d0ead27c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup-go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.14
+          go-version: 1.17
       - name: capture current date
         id: date
         run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S-%Z')"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.test b/Dockerfile.test
index c75ca4fe..ac7ea10f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/Dockerfile.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.14
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.17
 FROM golang:$GOLANG_VERSION
 
 RUN echo $GOLANG_VERSION
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aca56a16..422c4cf2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ VERSION = "unset"
 DATE=$(shell date -u +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S-%Z)
 
 ifndef GOLANG_VERSION
-override GOLANG_VERSION = 1.14
+override GOLANG_VERSION = 1.17
 endif
 
 .PHONY: build
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 58917515..4791315d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ environment:
   GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
   SKIP_UNTIL_113: true
 
-stack: go 1.14
+stack: go 1.17
 
 test_script:
   - go version
diff --git a/cmd/proxy/Dockerfile b/cmd/proxy/Dockerfile
index 1dc3378e..650b192e 100644
--- a/cmd/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # You can override the Go version used to build the image.
 # See project Makefile if using make.
 # See docker --build-arg if building directly.
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.14
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.17
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.14.2
 
 FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-alpine AS builder
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 88bf8301..2c12f79d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: cmd/proxy/Dockerfile
       args:
-        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.14
+        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17
     environment:
       - ATHENS_MONGO_STORAGE_URL=mongodb://mongo:27017
       - TIMEOUT=20 # in case the mongo dependency takes longer to start up
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.test
       args:
-        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.14
+        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17
     command: ["./scripts/test_unit.sh"]
     environment:
       - GO_ENV=test
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.test
       args:
-        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.14
+        GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17
     command: ["./scripts/test_e2e.sh"]
   azurite:
     image: arafato/azurite:2.6.5
diff --git a/scripts/build-image/Dockerfile b/scripts/build-image/Dockerfile
index b33d7caf..61d316f2 100644
--- a/scripts/build-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/build-image/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.14-stretch
+FROM golang:1.17-stretch
 
 WORKDIR /tmp