diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5ef38efa0d..9c58e88c30 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ commands:
           shell: bash.exe
           command: |
             choco install -y msys2 pacman make wget --force
-            choco install -y golang --version=1.14.7 --force
+            choco install -y golang --version=1.16.11 --force
             choco install -y python3 --version=3.7.3 --force
             export msys2='cmd //C RefreshEnv.cmd '
             export msys2+='& set MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict '
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
index 30b76064bf..8813920f37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install specific golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: '1.16.6'
+          go-version: '1.16.11'
       - name: Create folders for golangci-lint
         run: mkdir -p cicdtmp/golangci-lint
       - name: Check if custom golangci-lint is already built
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b17010bfea..38f5a46ed8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ else
 export GOPATH := $(shell go env GOPATH)
 GOPATH1 := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(GOPATH)))
 endif
-export GO111MODULE	:= on
 export GOPROXY := direct
 SRCPATH     := $(shell pwd)
 ARCH        := $(shell ./scripts/archtype.sh)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8c97054261..5c3ee9295b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/algorand/go-algorand
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/algorand/go-codec/codec v0.0.0-20190507210007-269d70b6135d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c037979898..80be32d034 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ github.com/chrismcguire/gobberish v0.0.0-20150821175641-1d8adb509a0e h1:CHPYEbz7
 github.com/chrismcguire/gobberish v0.0.0-20150821175641-1d8adb509a0e/go.mod h1:6Xhs0ZlsRjXLIiSMLKafbZxML/j30pg9Z1priLuha5s=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.8 h1:DwoNytLphI8hzS2Af4D0dfaEaiSq2bN05mEm4R6vf8M=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.8/go.mod h1:N6JayAiVKtlHSnuTCeuLSQVs75hb8q+dYQLjr7cDsKY=
-github.com/cyberdelia/templates v0.0.0-20191230040416-20a325f050d4 h1:Fphwr1XDjkTR/KFbrrkLfY6D2CEOlHqFGomQQrxcHFs=
 github.com/cyberdelia/templates v0.0.0-20191230040416-20a325f050d4/go.mod h1:GyV+0YP4qX0UQ7r2MoYZ+AvYDp12OF5yg4q8rGnyNh4=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.22.0 h1:J5IFyKd/5yuB6AZAgwK0CMBKnabWcmkowtsl6bR
 github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.22.0/go.mod h1:WGRs2ZMM1Q8LR1QBEwUxC6RJEfaBcD0s+pcEVXFuAjw=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 h1:wQHKEahhL6wmXdzwWG11gIVCkOv05bNOh+Rxn0yngAk=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
-github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.1+incompatible h1:MmTgB0R8Bt/jccxp+t6S/1VGIKdJw5J74CK/c9tTfA4=
 github.com/go-chi/chi v4.1.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:eB3wogJHnLi3x/kFX2A+IbTBlXxmMeXJVKy9tTv1XzQ=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.0 h1:7LxgVwFb2hIQtMm87NdgAVfXjnt4OePseqT1tKx+opk=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.0/go.mod h1:zAC/RDZ24gD3HViQzih4MyKcchzm+sOG5ZlKdlhCg5w=
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20181101234600-2ff6f7ffd60f h1:zlOR3rOlPAVvtfuxGKo
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20181101234600-2ff6f7ffd60f/go.mod h1:/YcGZj5zSblfDWMMoOzV4fas9FZnQYTkDnsGvmh2Grw=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.7.0 h1:pGFUjl501gafK9HBt1VGL1KCOd/YhIooID+xgyJCf3g=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.7.0/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:YF8+flBXS5eO826T4nzqPrxfhQThhXl0YzfuUPu4SBg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golangci/lint-1 v0.0.0-20181222135242-d2cdd8c08219/go.mod h1:/X8TswGSh1pIozq4ZwCfxS0WA5JGXguxk94ar/4c87Y=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 h1:Xkwi/a1rcvNg1PPYe5vI8GbeBY/jrVuDX5ASuANWTrk=
@@ -64,8 +61,6 @@ github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1 h1:AWwleXJkX/nhcU9bZSnZoi3h/qGYqQAGhq6zZe/aQW8
 github.com/gorilla/context v1.1.1/go.mod h1:kBGZzfjB9CEq2AlWe17Uuf7NDRt0dE0s8S51q0aT7Yg=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2 h1:Pgr17XVTNXAk3q/r4CpKzC5xBM/qW1uVLV+IhRZpIIk=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.6.2/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.0.2 h1:sAgNfOcNYvdDSrzGHVy9nzCQahG+qmsg+nE8dK85QRA=
-github.com/gorilla/schema v1.0.2/go.mod h1:kgLaKoK1FELgZqMAVxx/5cbj0kT+57qxUrAlIO2eleU=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 h1:+/TMaTYc4QFitKJxsQ7Yye35DkWvkdLcvGKqM+x0Ufc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
@@ -84,7 +79,6 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16 h1:8swiwjE5Jkai3RPfZoahp8kjVCRNq+y7Q0hPji2Kz0o=
 github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.16/go.mod h1:awO+5TzAjvL8XpibdsfXxPgHr+orhtXZJZIQCVjogKI=
 github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.17 h1:PQIBaRplyRy3OjwILGkPg89JRtH2x5bssi59G2EL3fo=
 github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.1.17/go.mod h1:Tn2yRQL/UclUalpb5rPdXDevbkJ+lp/2svdyFBg6CHQ=
@@ -94,10 +88,8 @@ github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0 h1:X5PMW56eZitiTeO7tKzZxFCSpbFZJtkMMooicw2us9A=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
-github.com/matryer/moq v0.0.0-20200310130814-7721994d1b54 h1:p8zN0Xu28xyEkPpqLbFXAnjdgBVvTJCpfOtoDf/+/RQ=
 github.com/matryer/moq v0.0.0-20200310130814-7721994d1b54/go.mod h1:9ELz6aaclSIGnZBoaSLZ3NAl1VTufbOrXBPvtcy6WiQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6 h1:6Su7aK7lXmJ/U79bYtBjLNaha4Fs1Rg9plHpcH+vvnE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7 h1:bQGKb3vps/j0E9GfJQ03JyhRuxsvdAanXlT9BTw3mdw=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.7/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
@@ -138,7 +130,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
@@ -149,7 +140,6 @@ github.com/ttacon/chalk v0.0.0-20160626202418-22c06c80ed31/go.mod h1:onvgF043R+l
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.0.1/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
-github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.1.0 h1:RZqt0yGBsps8NGvLSGW804QQqCUYYLsaOjTVHy1Ocw4=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UQGH1tvbgY+Nz5t2n7tXsz52dQxojPUpymEIMZ47gx8=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1 h1:TVEnxayobAdVkhQfrfes2IzOB6o+z4roRkPF52WA1u4=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
@@ -162,7 +152,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a h1:vclmkQCjlDX5OydZ9wv8rBCcS0QyQY66Mpf/7BZbInM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.1.1-0.20191105210325-c90efee705ee/go.mod h1:QqPTAvyqsEbceGzBzNggFXnrqF1CaUcvgkdR5Ot7KZg=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0 h1:KU7oHjnv3XNWfa5COkzUifxZmxp1TyI7ImMXqFxLwvQ=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
@@ -188,12 +177,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200413165638-669c56c373c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200826173525-f9321e4c35a6/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200905004654-be1d3432aa8f h1:Fqb3ao1hUmOR3GkUOg/Y+BadLwykBIzs5q8Ez2SbHyc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200905004654-be1d3432aa8f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -201,11 +187,9 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGm
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191130070609-6e064ea0cf2d/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191216052735-49a3e744a425/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200423205358-59e73619c742 h1:9OGWpORUXvk8AsaBJlpzzDx7Srv/rSK6rvjcsJq4rJo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200423205358-59e73619c742/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
diff --git a/scripts/buildtools/go.mod b/scripts/buildtools/go.mod
index 18710c58b7..f3e0720fc7 100644
--- a/scripts/buildtools/go.mod
+++ b/scripts/buildtools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/algorand/go-algorand/scripts/buildtools
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/algorand/msgp v1.1.48
diff --git a/scripts/buildtools/install_buildtools.sh b/scripts/buildtools/install_buildtools.sh
index 630b99310e..edd346b383 100755
--- a/scripts/buildtools/install_buildtools.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildtools/install_buildtools.sh
@@ -70,16 +70,14 @@ function install_go_module {
     # Check for version to go.mod version
     VERSION=$(get_go_version "$1")
 
-    # TODO: When we switch to 1.16 this should be changed to use 'go install'
-    #       instead of 'go get': https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.16#modules
     if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
         echo "Unable to install requested package '$1' (${MODULE}): no version listed in ${SCRIPTPATH}/go.mod"
         exit 1
     else
-        OUTPUT=$(GO111MODULE=on go get "${MODULE}@${VERSION}" 2>&1)
+        OUTPUT=$(go install "${MODULE}@${VERSION}" 2>&1)
     fi
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-        echo "error: executing \"go get ${MODULE}\" failed : ${OUTPUT}"
+        echo "error: executing \"go install ${MODULE}\" failed : ${OUTPUT}"
         exit 1
     fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/get_golang_version.sh b/scripts/get_golang_version.sh
index a42b30709b..87f5372dfb 100755
--- a/scripts/get_golang_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/get_golang_version.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 # Our build task-runner `mule` will refer to this script and will automatically
 # build a new image whenever the version number has been changed.
 
-BUILD=1.14.7
-MIN=1.14
-GO_MOD_SUPPORT=1.12
+BUILD=1.16.11
+MIN=1.16
+GO_MOD_SUPPORT=1.16
 
 if [ "$1" = all ]
 then
diff --git a/scripts/travis/before_build.sh b/scripts/travis/before_build.sh
index b07efe33fa..3dbb7339d3 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/before_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/before_build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ set -e
 
 GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
 export GOPATH
-export GO111MODULE=on
 
 SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 OS=$("${SCRIPTPATH}"/../ostype.sh)