diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b27440e..978a1a2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/scylladb/gocqlx/v2
 
+go 1.16
+
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gocql/gocql v0.0.0-20200131111108-92af2e088537
@@ -9,5 +11,3 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200317015054-43a5402ce75a
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1
 )
-
-go 1.13