diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index f90af65f2..a40cb3757 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"ImportPath": "k8s.io/client-go",
-	"GoVersion": "go1.7",
+	"GoVersion": "go1.8",
 	"GodepVersion": "v79",
 	"Packages": [
 		"./..."
diff --git a/pkg/version/base.go b/pkg/version/base.go
index e0537e0c8..f765b52c6 100644
--- a/pkg/version/base.go
+++ b/pkg/version/base.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 	// semantic version is a git hash, but the version itself is no
 	// longer the direct output of "git describe", but a slight
 	// translation to be semver compliant.
-	gitVersion   string = "v1.6.3-beta.0+$Format:%h$"
+	gitVersion   string = "v1.6.4-beta.0+$Format:%h$"
 	gitCommit    string = "$Format:%H$"    // sha1 from git, output of $(git rev-parse HEAD)
 	gitTreeState string = "not a git tree" // state of git tree, either "clean" or "dirty"