diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/template b/srcpkgs/go/template
index 25f339b6e58..652abe8806b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'go'
 pkgname=go
-version=1.15.9
+version=1.16.2
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_wrksrc=go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ short_desc="Go Programming Language"
 maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://golang.org/"
+changelog="https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html"
 distfiles="https://golang.org/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz"
-checksum=90983b9c84a92417337dc1942ff066fc8b3a69733b8b5493fd0b9b9db1ead60f
+checksum=37ca14287a23cb8ba2ac3f5c3dd8adbc1f7a54b9701a57824bf19a0b271f83ea
 nostrip=yes
 noverifyrdeps=yes