diff --git a/srcpkgs/go/template b/srcpkgs/go/template
index 6e5a423376..be7820c648 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/go/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/go/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'go'
 pkgname=go
 _bootstrap_version=1.4.2
-version=1.6.2
+version=1.7
 revision=1
 wrksrc=go
 hostmakedepends="git ca-certificates"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://golang.org/dl/go${_bootstrap_version}.src.tar.gz
  http://golang.org/dl/go${version}.src.tar.gz"
 checksum="299a6fd8f8adfdce15bc06bde926e7b252ae8e24dd5b16b7d8791ed79e7b5e9b
- 787b0b750d037016a30c6ed05a8a70a91b2e9db4bd9b1a2453aa502a63f1bccc"
+ 72680c16ba0891fcf2ccf46d0f809e4ecf47bbf889f5d884ccb54c5e9a17e1c0"
 
 nostrip=yes
 noverifyrdeps=yes