diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 751f4f8037..1bcd4afded 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
 ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_VERSION}-${BASE_VARIANT} AS gostable
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.17rc1-${BASE_VARIANT} AS golatest
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 5977a47400..6b7667676a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\cli
 
 environment:
   GOPATH: c:\gopath
-  GOVERSION: 1.16.7
+  GOVERSION: 1.16.8
   DEPVERSION: v0.4.1
 
 install:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
index fffd7548e5..ee9093b859 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 
 FROM    golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index 5561d0de2c..a6c611c6b4 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS golang
 ENV  CGO_ENABLED=0
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
index 75606629b5..a70b484e25 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 
 # Use Debian based image as docker-compose requires glibc.
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-buster
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
index 15b18aae5e..5c8d913cb1 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.23.8
 
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint:${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}-alpine AS golangci-lint