diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8824c371..9c08e5c6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 language: go
 go:
-- 1.7.5
-- 1.8
+- 1.9.2
 before_install:
 - curl -Ls https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip > ngrok.zip
 - unzip ngrok.zip
 - rm ngrok.zip
 - export PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
-- export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
 install:
 - make depend
 script:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08bf23f6..b11374c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ACCOUNT=jetstack
 APP_NAME=kube-lego
 
 PACKAGE_NAME=github.com/${ACCOUNT}/${APP_NAME}
-GO_VERSION=1.8
+GO_VERSION=1.9.2
 
 GOOS := linux
 GOARCH := amd64