diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d06e15a..4185d86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: EC2 Instance Selector CI and Release
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 env:
-  DEFAULT_GO_VERSION: ^1.16
+  DEFAULT_GO_VERSION: ^1.17
   GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.EC2_BOT_GITHUB_USERNAME }}
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EC2_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f4ff220..5ff96fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM public.ecr.aws/bitnami/golang:1.16 as builder
+FROM public.ecr.aws/bitnami/golang:1.17 as builder
 
 ## GOLANG env
 ARG GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org|direct"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a05457..810b5ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <h4>A CLI tool and go library which recommends instance types based on resource criteria like vcpus and memory.</h4>
 
 <p>
-  <a href="https://golang.org/doc/go1.16">
+  <a href="https://golang.org/doc/go1.17">
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector?color=blueviolet" alt="go-version">
   </a>
   <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0">
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fcf4a69..d31add8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/aws/amazon-ec2-instance-selector/v2
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.27
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.57.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+)