diff --git a/update-golang.sh b/update-golang.sh
index 1da6cc8..b4cddcb 100755
--- a/update-golang.sh
+++ b/update-golang.sh
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ log_stdin() {
 
 # defaults
 #release_list=https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html
-release_list=https://golang.org/dl/
+release_list=https://go.dev/dl/
 source=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 destination=/usr/local
-release=1.16.4 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
+release=1.17.8 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
 arch_probe="uname -m"
 
 os=$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")
diff --git a/update-golang.sh.sha256 b/update-golang.sh.sha256
index c0ea281..ccbc802 100644
--- a/update-golang.sh.sha256
+++ b/update-golang.sh.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2cda4d3b21f46ae6f77deba5c0676a5dadb235bf07bbd1d90138eb37d76a35eb  update-golang.sh
+0df3abcf0d37db02ecd6fa609992d7a4aa9dcda571bf364aae03c7d314424e34  update-golang.sh