diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index fd35022..36e4556 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
   steps: [
     {
       name: 'staticcheck',
-      image: 'golang:1.15',
+      image: 'golang:1.16',
       commands: [
         'go run honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck ./...',
       ],
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
     },
     {
       name: 'lint',
-      image: 'golang:1.15',
+      image: 'golang:1.16',
       commands: [
         'go run golang.org/x/lint/golint -set_exit_status ./...',
       ],
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
     },
     {
       name: 'vet',
-      image: 'golang:1.15',
+      image: 'golang:1.16',
       commands: [
         'go vet ./...',
       ],
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
     },
     {
       name: 'test',
-      image: 'golang:1.15',
+      image: 'golang:1.16',
       commands: [
         'go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...',
       ],
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ local PipelineBuildBinaries = {
   steps: [
     {
       name: 'build',
-      image: 'techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.15.x',
+      image: 'techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.16.x',
       commands: [
         '[ -z "${DRONE_TAG}" ] && BUILD_VERSION=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} || BUILD_VERSION=${DRONE_TAG##v}',
         'mkdir -p release/',
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 5f33d40..54d3664 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
 - name: staticcheck
-  image: golang:1.15
+  image: golang:1.16
   commands:
   - go run honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck ./...
   volumes:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ steps:
     path: /go
 
 - name: lint
-  image: golang:1.15
+  image: golang:1.16
   commands:
   - go run golang.org/x/lint/golint -set_exit_status ./...
   volumes:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ steps:
     path: /go
 
 - name: vet
-  image: golang:1.15
+  image: golang:1.16
   commands:
   - go vet ./...
   volumes:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ steps:
     path: /go
 
 - name: test
-  image: golang:1.15
+  image: golang:1.16
   commands:
   - go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic ./...
   volumes:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
 - name: build
-  image: techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.15.x
+  image: techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.16.x
   commands:
   - "[ -z \"${DRONE_TAG}\" ] && BUILD_VERSION=${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} || BUILD_VERSION=${DRONE_TAG##v}"
   - mkdir -p release/
@@ -175,6 +175,6 @@ depends_on:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: ea0f25d6b420728bb13c4500ee174e43f64ce6fcf5f09bd7545142f560ff8b8b
+hmac: 7fdbba67121342a2cc89d474cba472b10a0dc466f40ca82fd2cfa8414ae78f54
 
 ...
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8d33cd2..adc0f21 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/thegeeklab/url-parser
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect