diff --git a/.github/workflows/all.yml b/.github/workflows/all.yml
index c3140933d575..9be7ca7987fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/all.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16.x
+          go-version: 1.17.x
       - name: Check dependencies
         run: |
             go version
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16.x
+          go-version: 1.17.x
       - name: Install golangci-lint
         working-directory: /tmp
         run: go install "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v$GOLANG_CI_VERSION"
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.15.x]
+        go-version: [1.16.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-    if: github.ref == 'skipped' #TODO: re-enable this when Go 1.17 comes out?
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -86,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
           # Run with less concurrency on Windows to minimize flakiness.
           if [[ "${{ matrix.platform }}" == windows* ]]; then
             unset args[2]
-            #args[1]="1"
-            # export GOMAXPROCS=1
+            args[1]="1"
+            export GOMAXPROCS=1
           fi
           go test "${args[@]}" -timeout 800s ./...
 
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x]
+        go-version: [1.17.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16.x
+          go-version: 1.17.x
       - name: Install package builders
         env:
           GO111MODULE: 'off'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tc39.yml b/.github/workflows/tc39.yml
index 02e371c4f8d4..77d9d6275dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tc39.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tc39.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16.x
+          go-version: 1.17.x
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           set -x
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c6d3a38b33df..8e706beafe1d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.17-alpine as builder
 WORKDIR $GOPATH/src/go.k6.io/k6
 ADD . .
 RUN apk --no-cache add git