diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e8b4779c5..9867e019f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.8
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.9
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace