diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# TinyGo base stage installs the most recent Go 1.16.x, LLVM 11 and the TinyGo compiler itself.
-FROM golang:1.16 AS tinygo-base
+# TinyGo base stage installs the most recent Go 1.17.x, LLVM 11 and the TinyGo compiler itself.
+FROM golang:1.17 AS tinygo-base
 
 RUN wget -O- https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key| apt-key add - && \
     echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/bullseye/ llvm-toolchain-bullseye-11 main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \