From 13f5eb804e6f2ab175cef349fe3cffbcf11e8a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Schurter <mschurter@hashicorp.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 12:49:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] build: update Go 1.16.7 -> 1.16.8

---
 .circleci/config.yml             | 8 ++++----
 contributing/README.md           | 2 +-
 scripts/release/mac-remote-build | 2 +-
 scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1b8b25bd6f6d..d49c398ee46a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ executors:
   go:
     working_directory: /go/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
     docker:
-      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.16.7
+      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.16.8
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ executors:
     environment: &machine_env
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /home/circleci/go
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.7
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.8
 
   # uses a more recent image with unattended upgrades disabled properly
   # but seems to break docker builds
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ executors:
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /Users/distiller/go
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.7
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.8
 
   go-windows:
     machine:
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ executors:
       GOPATH: c:\gopath
       GOBIN: c:\gopath\bin
       GOTESTSUM_PATH: c:\tmp\test-reports
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.7
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.16.8
       GOTESTSUM_VERSION: 0.4.2
       VAULT_VERSION: 1.4.1
 
diff --git a/contributing/README.md b/contributing/README.md
index 4e9f8ebe89cb..1d46d1504d66 100644
--- a/contributing/README.md
+++ b/contributing/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A development environment is supplied via Vagrant to make getting started easier
 
 Developing without Vagrant
 ---
-1. Install [Go 1.16.7+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
+1. Install [Go 1.16.8+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
 1. Clone this repo
    ```sh
    $ git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad.git
diff --git a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
index 92c3849ccb64..b4d878f827c5 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
+++ b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ REPO_PATH="${TMP_WORKSPACE}/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad"
 mkdir -p "${TMP_WORKSPACE}/tmp"
 
 install_go() {
-  local go_version="1.16.7"
+  local go_version="1.16.8"
   local download=
 
   download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.darwin-amd64.tar.gz"
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
index 6ee1eaeca657..91a35b677c8e 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 function install_go() {
-	local go_version="1.16.7"
+	local go_version="1.16.8"
 	local download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
 		if go version 2>&1 | grep -q "${go_version}"; then

From a9086db91971aee760adb26f322a22244d3f65dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Schurter <mschurter@hashicorp.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 12:50:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add #11253 to changelog

---
 .changelog/11253.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/11253.txt

diff --git a/.changelog/11253.txt b/.changelog/11253.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a3dd7085d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11253.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+build: Updated to Go 1.16.8
+```