diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f669e07..be9841e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This program was born from a need to query the status of the backups from the cl
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-go is required. Only go version >= 1.16 on linux amd64 has been tested.
+go is required. While developed on go version 1.16, only go version >= 1.20 on linux amd64 is being regularly tested.
 
 ## Building
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7ea8af..9d96b0e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module git.adyxax.org/adyxax/bareos-zabbix-check
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.20
 
 require github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1