diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # creates statically compiled shock-server binary: /gopath/bin/shock-server
 
-FROM golang:1.6.3-alpine
+FROM golang:1.7.1-alpine
 
 RUN apk update && apk add git make gcc libc-dev cyrus-sasl-dev