diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile.test b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
index a6753d18387..2449ffa9284 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # > docker build -t gaia .
 # > docker run -it -p 46657:46657 -p 46656:46656 -v ~/.gaia:/root/.gaia gaia gaiad init
 # > docker run -it -p 46657:46657 -p 46656:46656 -v ~/.gaia:/root/.gaia gaia gaiad start
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine AS build-env
+FROM golang:1.17-alpine AS build-env
 
 # Set up dependencies
 ENV PACKAGES curl make git libc-dev bash gcc linux-headers eudev-dev python3