diff --git a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
index 1ee6f87d1..b4e4ad149 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   build-server:
     group: build
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make release-server
     when:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   build-agent:
     group: build
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make release-agent
     when:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   build-cli:
     group: build
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make release-cli
     when:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   build-deb-rpm:
     group: bundle
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make bundle
     when:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "web/**"
 
   checksums:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make release-checksums
     when:
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pipeline:
   # TODO: upload build artifacts for pushes to ${CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
 
   release-dryrun:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
     - ls -la dist/*.*
     - cat dist/checksums.txt
diff --git a/.woodpecker/docker.yml b/.woodpecker/docker.yml
index 7810f38d9..74c0b7725 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/docker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/docker.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pipeline:
 
   # TODO: needed until https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/635
   build-server:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - make release-server
 
diff --git a/.woodpecker/test.yml b/.woodpecker/test.yml
index f8b036d32..c7653a870 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/test.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/test.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pipeline:
   dummy-web:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     commands:
       - mkdir -p web/dist/
       - echo "test" > web/dist/index.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "pipeline/schema/**"
 
   lint:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     group: test
     commands:
       - make lint
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "go.*"
 
   test:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     group: test
     commands:
       - make test-agent
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "pipeline/schema/**"
 
   sqlite:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     group: test
     environment:
       - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "go.*"
 
   postgres:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     group: test
     environment:
       - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pipeline:
         - "go.*"
 
   mysql:
-    image: golang:1.16
+    image: golang:1.17
     group: test
     environment:
       - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=mysql