diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7eb8654b..54e20e66 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/ugorji/go
+
+go 1.11
+
 require github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b39fa841..e69de29b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.7/go.mod h1:nF9osbDWLy6bDVv/Rtoh6QgnvNDpmCalQV5urGCCS6M=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7 h1:YPXUKf7fYbp/y8xloBqZOw2qaVggbfwMlI8WM3wZUJ0=
-github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7/go.mod h1:WGN1fab3R1fzQlVQTkfxVtIBhWDRqOviHU95kRgeqEY=