diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
index f78e9aa42..677a4f5e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup go environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
-          go-version: '1.15.2'
+          go-version: '1.16.2'
       - name: run unit tests
         run: make test
       - name: upload coverage report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 97571d3bd..05c1baadd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup go environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
-          go-version: '1.15.7'
+          go-version: '1.16.2'
       - name: upload coverage report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-github.yml b/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
index 5ac82470a..757eccad5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup go environment
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
         with:
-          go-version: '1.15.7'
+          go-version: '1.16.2'
       - name: run goreleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
         with:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec39c74c3..08bb36e58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ORAS is both a [CLI](#oras-cli) for initial testing and a [Go Module](#oras-go-m
   ```sh
   gofish install oras
   ==> Installing oras...
-  🐠  oras 0.9.0: installed in 65.131245ms
+  🐠  oras 0.11.0: installed in 65.131245ms
   ```
 
 - Install from the latest [release artifacts](https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases):
@@ -51,21 +51,21 @@ ORAS is both a [CLI](#oras-cli) for initial testing and a [Go Module](#oras-go-m
   - Linux
 
     ```sh
-    curl -LO https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.9.0/oras_0.9.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+    curl -LO https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.11.0/oras_0.11.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
     mkdir -p oras-install/
-    tar -zxf oras_0.9.0_*.tar.gz -C oras-install/
+    tar -zxf oras_0.11.0_*.tar.gz -C oras-install/
     mv oras-install/oras /usr/local/bin/
-    rm -rf oras_0.9.0_*.tar.gz oras-install/
+    rm -rf oras_0.11.0_*.tar.gz oras-install/
     ```
 
   - macOS
 
     ```sh
-    curl -LO https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.9.0/oras_0.9.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
+    curl -LO https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.11.0/oras_0.11.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
     mkdir -p oras-install/
-    tar -zxf oras_0.9.0_*.tar.gz -C oras-install/
+    tar -zxf oras_0.11.0_*.tar.gz -C oras-install/
     mv oras-install/oras /usr/local/bin/
-    rm -rf oras_0.9.0_*.tar.gz oras-install/
+    rm -rf oras_0.11.0_*.tar.gz oras-install/
     ```
 
   - Windows
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ ORAS is both a [CLI](#oras-cli) for initial testing and a [Go Module](#oras-go-m
     Add `%USERPROFILE%\bin\` to your `PATH` environment variable so that `oras.exe` can be found.
 
     ```sh
-    curl.exe -sLO  https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.9.0/oras_0.9.0_windows_amd64.tar.gz
-    tar.exe -xvzf oras_0.9.0_windows_amd64.tar.gz
+    curl.exe -sLO  https://github.com/deislabs/oras/releases/download/v0.11.0/oras_0.11.0_windows_amd64.tar.gz
+    tar.exe -xvzf oras_0.11.0_windows_amd64.tar.gz
     mkdir -p %USERPROFILE%\bin\
     copy oras.exe %USERPROFILE%\bin\
     set PATH=%USERPROFILE%\bin\;%PATH%
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ORAS is both a [CLI](#oras-cli) for initial testing and a [Go Module](#oras-go-m
     A public Docker image containing the CLI is available on [GitHub Container Registry](https://github.com/orgs/deislabs/packages/container/package/oras):
 
     ```sh
-    docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace ghcr.io/deislabs/oras:v0.9.0 help
+    docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace ghcr.io/deislabs/oras:v0.11.0 help
     ```
 
     > Note: the default WORKDIR  in the image is `/workspace`.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8504bb322..acdc3f964 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/deislabs/oras
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 replace (
 	// WARNING! Do NOT replace these without also replacing their lines in the `require` stanza below.
diff --git a/internal/version/version.go b/internal/version/version.go
index d0bcc076a..eb194c372 100644
--- a/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/internal/version/version.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package version
 
 var (
 	// Version is the current version of the oras.
-	Version = "0.10.0"
+	Version = "0.11.0"
 	// BuildMetadata is the extra build time data
 	BuildMetadata = "unreleased"
 	// GitCommit is the git sha1