diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 76c93aca08..a056ecde44 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
 ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.9
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.0.0-rc.2
 ARG GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION=v1.3.0
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6b7667676a..e2237c6caf 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: 1.16.8
+  GOVERSION: 1.16.9
   DEPVERSION: v0.4.1
 
 install:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
index ee9093b859..f52379981d 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.9
 
 FROM    golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index fd7af19285..e2710c887d 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.9
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS golang
 ENV  CGO_ENABLED=0
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
index a70b484e25..954d4074db 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.9
 
 # 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 5c8d913cb1..ff977c6e1a 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.9
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.23.8
 
 FROM golangci/golangci-lint:${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}-alpine AS golangci-lint