diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae68f36..9551d9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Web service which collects and serves bug reports.
 
-rageshake requires Go version 1.15 or later.
+rageshake requires Go version 1.16 or later.
 
 To run it, do:
 
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ You can get notifications when a new rageshake arrives on the server.
 
 Currently this tool supports pushing notifications as GitHub issues in a repo,
 through a Slack webhook or by email, cf sample config file for how to
-configure them.
\ No newline at end of file
+configure them.
diff --git a/changelog.d/42.misc b/changelog.d/42.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dad85f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/42.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update docs that rageshakes requires golang >1.16.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b62d9ba..d445d21 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/matrix-org/rageshake
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github v0.0.0-20170401000335-12363ffc1001