diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index d88387c60d7..f0dd97fa74d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: '1.15'
+        go-version: '1.17'
     - name: Checkout repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Build relic
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3c8dda76f96..868a3aeff01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         go-version:
-          - 1.15
           - 1.16
+          - 1.17
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Setup Go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         command: make ci
     - name: Upload coverage report
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
-      if: ${{ matrix.go-version == '1.15' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.go-version == '1.17' }}
       with:
         file: ./coverage.txt
         flags: unittests
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         go-version:
-          - 1.15
           - 1.16
+          - 1.17
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Setup Go
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 551e9ec99d4..58e40588417 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ PHONY: tool-remove-execution-fork
 tool-remove-execution-fork: docker-build-remove-execution-fork
 	docker container create --name remove-execution-fork $(CONTAINER_REGISTRY)/remove-execution-fork:latest;docker container cp remove-execution-fork:/bin/app ./remove-execution-fork;docker container rm remove-execution-fork
 
-# Check if the go version is 1.15 or higher. flow-go only supports go 1.15 and up.
+# Check if the go version is 1.16 or higher. flow-go only supports go 1.16 and up.
 .PHONY: check-go-version
 check-go-version:
-	go version | grep '1.1[5-9]'
+	go version | grep '1.1[6-9]'
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # CD COMMANDS
diff --git a/bors.toml b/bors.toml
index 386bb3fdf22..421e3326610 100644
--- a/bors.toml
+++ b/bors.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 status = [
   "Lint",
-  "Unit Tests (1.15)",
   "Unit Tests (1.16)",
-  "Integration Tests (1.15)",
+  "Unit Tests (1.17)",
   "Integration Tests (1.16)",
+  "Integration Tests (1.17)",
 ]
 
 delete_merged_branches = true
diff --git a/cmd/Dockerfile b/cmd/Dockerfile
index b1a391a05e0..e00f91b9634 100644
--- a/cmd/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax = docker/dockerfile:experimental
 # NOTE: Must be run in the context of the repo's root directory
 
-FROM golang:1.15-buster AS build-setup
+FROM golang:1.17-buster AS build-setup
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get -y install cmake zip sudo
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=ssh \
 
 RUN chmod a+x /app/app
 
-FROM golang:1.15-buster as debug
+FROM golang:1.17-buster as debug
 
 RUN go get -u github.com/go-delve/delve/cmd/dlv
 
diff --git a/cmd/testclient/go.mod b/cmd/testclient/go.mod
index ba08d731546..cc57926f472 100644
--- a/cmd/testclient/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/testclient/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/onflow/flow-go/cmd/testclient
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/onflow/flow-go-sdk v0.4.1
diff --git a/cmd/testclient/go.sum b/cmd/testclient/go.sum
index be9dcb9e7fa..fc2a9f66b8c 100644
--- a/cmd/testclient/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/testclient/go.sum
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.1/go.mod h1:7FAglXiTm7HKlQRDeOQ6ZNUHidzCWXuZWq/1dTyBNF8=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
-github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.5 h1:AKODKU3pDH1RzZzm6YZu77YWtEAq6uh1rLIAQlay2qc=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.5/go.mod h1:QV8Hv/iy04NyLBxAdO9njL0iVPN1S4d/A3NVv1V36o8=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtX
 github.com/wsddn/go-ecdh v0.0.0-20161211032359-48726bab9208/go.mod h1:IotVbo4F+mw0EzQ08zFqg7pK3FebNXpaMsRy2RT+Ees=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.0.0 h1:qsup4IcBdlmsnGfqyLl4Ntn3C2XCCuKAE7DwHpScyUo=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.0.0/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200423211502-4bdfaf469ed5 h1:Q7tZBpemrlsc2I7IyODzhtallWRSm4Q0d09pL6XbQtU=
@@ -183,7 +181,6 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
-golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -220,10 +217,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190114222345-bf090417da8b/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGm
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190226205152-f727befe758c/go.mod h1:9Yl7xja0Znq3iFh3HoIrodX9oNMXvdceNzlUR8zjMvY=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190311212946-11955173bddd/go.mod h1:LCzVGOaR6xXOjkQ3onu1FJEFr0SW1gC7cKk1uF8kGRs=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190524140312-2c0ae7006135/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191108193012-7d206e10da11 h1:Yq9t9jnGoR+dBuitxdo9l6Q7xh/zOyNnYUtDKaQ3x0E=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191108193012-7d206e10da11/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
diff --git a/crypto/Dockerfile b/crypto/Dockerfile
index 6b3502b9c1f..275c10e165e 100644
--- a/crypto/Dockerfile
+++ b/crypto/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # gcr.io/dl-flow/golang-cmake
 
-FROM golang:1.15-buster
+FROM golang:1.17-buster
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get -y install cmake zip sudo
 RUN go get github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
diff --git a/crypto/go.mod b/crypto/go.mod
index cb46c88dd14..8cce71fb472 100644
--- a/crypto/go.mod
+++ b/crypto/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/onflow/flow-go/crypto
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.20.1-beta
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0cc7cb459a..6aeb4fc4142 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/onflow/flow-go
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 51fe7102297..8b68e38bb82 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnht
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
-github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.9.0 h1:9GjrtRI+mLEFPtTfR/AZhcxp+Ii8NZYWq5104FbZQY0=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.9.0/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v0.0.0-20190919134610-bf292b21730f/go.mod h1:OApqhQ4XNSNC13gXIwDjhOQxjWa/NxkwZXJ1EvqT0ko=
 github.com/containerd/console v0.0.0-20180822173158-c12b1e7919c1/go.mod h1:Tj/on1eG8kiEhd0+fhSDzsPAFESxzBBvdyEgyryXffw=
@@ -1409,7 +1408,6 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v4 v4.3.11/go.mod h1:gborTTJjAo/GWTqqRjrLCn9pgNN+
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.1 h1:quXMXlA39OCbd2wAdTsGDlK9RkOk6Wuw+x37wVyIuWY=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.1/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
-github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0 h1:Q81c4u7hT+BR5kNfNQhEF0VT2pmL7+Kk0wD+ORYl7iA=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a h1:G++j5e0OC488te356JvdhaM8YS6nMsjLAYF7JxCv07w=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
@@ -1855,7 +1853,6 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.0.0-20180816165407-929014505bf4/go.mod h1:Y+Yx5eoAFn32cQvJDxZx5Dpnq+c3wtXuadVZAcxbbBo=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.6.1 h1:/LSrTrgZtpbXyAR6+0e152SROCkJJSh7goYWVmdPFGc=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.6.1/go.mod h1:9mxDZsDKxgMAuccQkewq682L+0eCu4dCN2yonUJTCLU=
-gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20190313105609-8cb42192e0e0 h1:OE9mWmgKkjJyEmDAAtGMPjXu+YNeGvK9VTSHY6+Qihc=
 gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20190313105609-8cb42192e0e0/go.mod h1:wa6Ws7BG/ESfp6dHfk7C6KdzKA7wR7u/rKwOGE66zvw=
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.0.0-20190515093506-e2840ee46a6b h1:Qh4dB5D/WpoUUp3lSod7qgoyEHbDGPUWjIbnqdqqe1k=
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.0.0-20190515093506-e2840ee46a6b/go.mod h1:Wt8AAjI+ypCyYX3nZBvf6cAIx93T+c/OS2HFAYskSZc=
diff --git a/integration/go.mod b/integration/go.mod
index 7323bf18de7..be8a09741ee 100644
--- a/integration/go.mod
+++ b/integration/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/onflow/flow-go/integration
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.8 // indirect
diff --git a/integration/go.sum b/integration/go.sum
index d46bdc8ae77..172477515e8 100644
--- a/integration/go.sum
+++ b/integration/go.sum
@@ -1557,7 +1557,6 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.1/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgq
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.2 h1:gnjoVuB/kljJ5wICEEOpx98oXMWPLj22G67Vbd1qPqc=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.2/go.mod h1:OeAg3pn3UbLjkWt+rN9oFYB6u/cQgqMEUPoW2WPyhdI=
 github.com/wangjia184/sortedset v0.0.0-20160527075905-f5d03557ba30/go.mod h1:YkocrP2K2tcw938x9gCOmT5G5eCD6jsTz0SZuyAqwIE=
-github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0 h1:Q81c4u7hT+BR5kNfNQhEF0VT2pmL7+Kk0wD+ORYl7iA=
 github.com/warpfork/go-testmark v0.3.0/go.mod h1:jhEf8FVxd+F17juRubpmut64NEG6I2rgkUhlcqqXwE0=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a h1:G++j5e0OC488te356JvdhaM8YS6nMsjLAYF7JxCv07w=
 github.com/warpfork/go-wish v0.0.0-20200122115046-b9ea61034e4a/go.mod h1:x6AKhvSSexNrVSrViXSHUEbICjmGXhtgABaHIySUSGw=
@@ -2037,7 +2036,6 @@ gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.6.0/go.mod h1:9mxDZsDKxgMAuccQkewq682L+0eCu4dCN2yonUJTCLU=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.6.1 h1:/LSrTrgZtpbXyAR6+0e152SROCkJJSh7goYWVmdPFGc=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.6.1/go.mod h1:9mxDZsDKxgMAuccQkewq682L+0eCu4dCN2yonUJTCLU=
 gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20181029234149-ec6d1f5cefe6/go.mod h1:wa6Ws7BG/ESfp6dHfk7C6KdzKA7wR7u/rKwOGE66zvw=
-gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20190313105609-8cb42192e0e0 h1:OE9mWmgKkjJyEmDAAtGMPjXu+YNeGvK9VTSHY6+Qihc=
 gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20190313105609-8cb42192e0e0/go.mod h1:wa6Ws7BG/ESfp6dHfk7C6KdzKA7wR7u/rKwOGE66zvw=
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.0.0-20190515093506-e2840ee46a6b h1:Qh4dB5D/WpoUUp3lSod7qgoyEHbDGPUWjIbnqdqqe1k=
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.0.0-20190515093506-e2840ee46a6b/go.mod h1:Wt8AAjI+ypCyYX3nZBvf6cAIx93T+c/OS2HFAYskSZc=
@@ -2269,7 +2267,6 @@ k8s.io/kubernetes v1.13.0/go.mod h1:ocZa8+6APFNC2tX1DZASIbocyYT5jHzqFVsY5aoB7Jk=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7 h1:MTNRktPuv5FNqOO151TM9mDTa+XHcX6ypYeISDVD14g=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7/go.mod h1:UYpPVyjFHzYBGHIxLFoupi8vwk6rXNzRY9OMvVxFIOU=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
-rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1 h1:k1MczvYDUvJBe93bYd7wrZLLUEcLZAuF824/I4e5Xr4=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/integration/loader/Dockerfile b/integration/loader/Dockerfile
index ddf95eae94e..c00d263e773 100644
--- a/integration/loader/Dockerfile
+++ b/integration/loader/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax = docker/dockerfile:experimental
 # NOTE: Must be run in the context of the repo's root directory
 
-FROM golang:1.15-buster AS build-setup
+FROM golang:1.17-buster AS build-setup
 
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get -y install cmake zip sudo