diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
index 00831ac0f1..159f2f295f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'force-skip-ci') }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.13.x, 1.14.x, 1.15.x]
+        go-version: [1.14.x, 1.15.x, 1.16.x]
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f4d248844a..247a681503 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ parts:
 
       export GOROOT=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}
       export PATH="${GOROOT}/bin:${PATH}"
+      export GO111MODULE="auto"
 
       http_proxy=${http_proxy:-""}
       https_proxy=${https_proxy:-""}
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ parts:
       export GOPATH=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/gopath
       export GOROOT=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}
       export PATH="${GOROOT}/bin:${PATH}"
+      export GO111MODULE="auto"
       kata_dir=${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}
 
       cd ${kata_dir}/src/runtime
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ parts:
       [ "$(uname -m)" = "s390x" ] && sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y libssl-dev
 
       export GOPATH=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/gopath
+      export GO111MODULE="auto"
       kata_dir=${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}
 
       cd ${kata_dir}/tools/packaging/kernel
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ parts:
     override-build: |
       yq=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/yq
       export GOPATH=${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/gopath
+      export GO111MODULE="auto"
       kata_dir=${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}/${SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME}
 
       versions_file="${kata_dir}/versions.yaml"
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 8adb9d34d7..f43ad75dce 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ languages:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.14.4"
+      newest-version: "1.16.5"
 
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"