diff --git a/src/internal/goversion/goversion.go b/src/internal/goversion/goversion.go
index 513be456bda..4cc15688c0b 100644
--- a/src/internal/goversion/goversion.go
+++ b/src/internal/goversion/goversion.go
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ package goversion
 //
 // It should be updated at the start of each development cycle to be
 // the version of the next Go 1.x release. See golang.org/issue/40705.
-const Version = 16
+const Version = 17