diff --git a/package/go/go.hash b/package/go/go.hash
index e50f0041f1..1836af2482 100644
--- a/package/go/go.hash
+++ b/package/go/go.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256 4c189111e9ba651a2bb3ee868aa881fab36b2f2da3409e80885ca758a6b614cc  go1.7.4.src.tar.gz
+sha256	5f5dea2447e7dcfdc50fa6b94c512e58bfba5673c039259fd843f68829d99fa6	go1.8.3.src.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/go/go.mk b/package/go/go.mk
index a461342581..a64356e069 100644
--- a/package/go/go.mk
+++ b/package/go/go.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GO_VERSION = 1.7.4
+GO_VERSION = 1.8.3
 GO_SITE = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 GO_SOURCE = go$(GO_VERSION).src.tar.gz