diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a3b214061e558a431391980e254ae9cb79d2bb99..ba1a64749e33fd108fead7a4ab2477789d5d3d6b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
 
 language: go
 
-go: 1.4
+go: 1.6
 
 install:
   - go get github.com/openshift/source-to-image