diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 04af3c34..c6ace456 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
-          go-version: 1.16
+          go-version: 1.17
       - name: Check out source code
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - run: echo "$(go env GOPATH)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7e13c520..28146455 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN make build_ui
 ######################################
 # Prepare go_builder
 ######################################
-FROM golang:1.16 as go_builder
+FROM golang:1.17 as go_builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openflagr/flagr
 ADD . .
 RUN make build
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ FROM frolvlad/alpine-glibc:alpine-3.10
 RUN apk add --no-cache curl
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openflagr/flagr
 VOLUME ["/data"]
-
 ENV HOST=0.0.0.0
 ENV PORT=18000
 ENV FLAGR_DB_DBDRIVER=sqlite3
diff --git a/docs/home.md b/docs/home.md
index 373b5080..547edd4a 100644
--- a/docs/home.md
+++ b/docs/home.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ docker run -it -p 18000:18000 ghcr.io/openflagr/flagr
 
 Install Dependencies.
 
-- Go (1.16+)
+- Go (1.17+)
 - Make (for Makefile)
 - NPM (for building UI)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cb13a5da..715132d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/openflagr/flagr
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.37.4
@@ -55,3 +55,48 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0
 	gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.9.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578 // indirect
+	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200907205600-7a23bdc65eef // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21 // indirect
+	github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/analysis v0.19.16 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.0.5+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a // indirect
+	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.4.5 // indirect
+	go.opencensus.io v0.20.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.5 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190404172233-64821d5d2107 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/integration_tests/Dockerfile-Integration-Test b/integration_tests/Dockerfile-Integration-Test
index 7813582e..a5669773 100644
--- a/integration_tests/Dockerfile-Integration-Test
+++ b/integration_tests/Dockerfile-Integration-Test
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ######################################
 # Prepare go_builder
 ######################################
-FROM golang:1.16 as go_builder
+FROM golang:1.17 as go_builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openflagr/flagr
 ADD . .
 RUN make build