diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index 8086cb5..0fb30ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-ARG BASE=golang:1.16-alpine3.14
+ARG BASE=golang:1.17-alpine3.15
 FROM ${BASE}
 
 ARG ALPINE_PKG_BASE="make git zip tar"
diff --git a/bin/test-attribution-txt.sh b/bin/test-attribution-txt.sh
index c173907..16bfcca 100755
--- a/bin/test-attribution-txt.sh
+++ b/bin/test-attribution-txt.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [ ! -f Attribution.txt ]; then
 else
     # loop over every library in the modules.txt file in vendor
     while IFS= read -r lib; do
-        if ! grep -q "$lib" Attribution.txt && [ "$lib" != "explicit" ]; then
+        if ! grep -q "$lib" Attribution.txt && [ "$lib" != "explicit" ] && [ "$lib" != "explicit;" ]; then
             echo "An attribution for $lib is missing from in Attribution.txt, please add"
             # need to do this in a bash subshell, see SC2031
             (( EXIT_CODE=1 ))
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8b8494..c2cd38d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,4 +5,19 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.7
 )
 
-go 1.16
+require (
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
+)
+
+go 1.17
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index fe50a28..7cb03ae 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ parts:
     source: .
     plugin: make 
     build-snaps:
-      - go/1.16/stable 
+      - go/1.17/stable 
     override-build: |
       cd $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC
       make tidy