diff --git a/package/go/go.hash b/package/go/go.hash
index 0db83167ee..bc828f41c8 100644
--- a/package/go/go.hash
+++ b/package/go/go.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # From https://golang.org/dl/
-sha256  1a9f2894d3d878729f7045072f30becebe243524cf2fce4e0a7b248b1e0654ac  go1.16.7.src.tar.gz
+sha256  8f2a8c24b793375b3243df82fdb0c8387486dcc8a892ca1c991aa99ace086b98  go1.16.8.src.tar.gz
 sha256  2d36597f7117c38b006835ae7f537487207d8ec407aa9d9980794b2030cbc067  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/go/go.mk b/package/go/go.mk
index 82d9729e2b..1921b85fc2 100644
--- a/package/go/go.mk
+++ b/package/go/go.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GO_VERSION = 1.16.7
+GO_VERSION = 1.16.8
 GO_SITE = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 GO_SOURCE = go$(GO_VERSION).src.tar.gz