diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 53a5c0c..3646399 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ parameters:
 
   release_docker_baseimage_tag:
     type: string
-    default: "1.16"
+    default: "1.17"
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - quickcheck-docs
       - quickcheck-go: &quickcheck-go-smoketest
-          name: quickcheck-go-amd64-linux-1.16
-          goversion: &latest-go-release "1.16"
+          name: quickcheck-go-amd64-linux-1.17
+          goversion: &latest-go-release "1.17"
           goos: linux
           goarch: amd64
       - test-go-on-latest-go-release:
           goversion: *latest-go-release
       - quickcheck-go:
           requires:
-            - quickcheck-go-amd64-linux-1.16 #quickcheck-go-smoketest.name
+            - quickcheck-go-amd64-linux-1.17 #quickcheck-go-smoketest.name
           matrix: &quickcheck-go-matrix
             alias: quickcheck-go-matrix
             parameters:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85fbd32..4f120f6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ GO_BUILDFLAGS := $(GO_MOD_READONLY) $(GO_EXTRA_BUILDFLAGS)
 GO_BUILD := $(GO_ENV_VARS) $(GO) build $(GO_BUILDFLAGS) -ldflags $(GO_LDFLAGS)
 GOLANGCI_LINT := golangci-lint
 GOCOVMERGE := gocovmerge
-RELEASE_DOCKER_BASEIMAGE_TAG ?= 1.16
+RELEASE_DOCKER_BASEIMAGE_TAG ?= 1.17
 RELEASE_DOCKER_BASEIMAGE ?= golang:$(RELEASE_DOCKER_BASEIMAGE_TAG)
 
 ifneq ($(GOARM),)