diff --git a/package/go/go.hash b/package/go/go.hash
index 1836af2482..445a0b7c20 100644
--- a/package/go/go.hash
+++ b/package/go/go.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Locally computed:
-sha256	5f5dea2447e7dcfdc50fa6b94c512e58bfba5673c039259fd843f68829d99fa6	go1.8.3.src.tar.gz
+# From https://golang.org/dl/
+sha256	a4ab229028ed167ba1986825751463605264e44868362ca8e7accc8be057e993	go1.9.src.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/go/go.mk b/package/go/go.mk
index 6035164a0e..23facbdd81 100644
--- a/package/go/go.mk
+++ b/package/go/go.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GO_VERSION = 1.8.3
+GO_VERSION = 1.9
 GO_SITE = https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 GO_SOURCE = go$(GO_VERSION).src.tar.gz