diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dbfc5388c2..f8d1db6cd07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ the latest master builds [here](http://grafana.org/download/builds)
 
 ### Dependencies
 
-- Go 1.5
+- Go 1.6
 - NodeJS v4+
 - [Godep](https://github.com/tools/godep)
 
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 4347c486063..9b8aae6a68a 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	binaries              []string = []string{"grafana-server", "grafana-cli"}
 )
 
-const minGoVersion = 1.3
+const minGoVersion = 1.6
 
 func main() {
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)