diff --git a/release/go-licenses/Dockerfile b/release/go-licenses/Dockerfile
index 6004f457494d..b56dccba384b 100644
--- a/release/go-licenses/Dockerfile
+++ b/release/go-licenses/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ###############################################################################
 
-FROM golang:1.16.0-buster
+FROM golang:1.17.2-buster
 RUN go get github.com/google/go-licenses
 COPY get-licenses.sh /opt/apache/beam/
 ARG sdk_location