diff --git a/.changelog/11461.txt b/.changelog/11461.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ccdb180927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11461.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+build: Update go toolchain to 1.17.3
+```
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1f4e64459ab..88bb0d3e2d5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ executors:
   go:
     working_directory: /go/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
     docker:
-      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.17.1
+      - image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/golang:1.17.3
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /go
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ executors:
     environment: &machine_env
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /home/circleci/go
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.1
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.3
 
   # uses a more recent image with unattended upgrades disabled properly
   # but seems to break docker builds
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ executors:
     environment:
       <<: *common_envs
       GOPATH: /Users/distiller/go
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.1
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.3
 
   go-windows:
     machine:
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ executors:
       GOPATH: c:\gopath
       GOBIN: c:\gopath\bin
       GOTESTSUM_PATH: c:\tmp\test-reports
-      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.1
+      GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.3
       GOTESTSUM_VERSION: 0.4.2
       VAULT_VERSION: 1.4.1
 
diff --git a/contributing/README.md b/contributing/README.md
index 945e35d80c5..2401cf7456c 100644
--- a/contributing/README.md
+++ b/contributing/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ A development environment is supplied via Vagrant to make getting started easier
 
 Developing without Vagrant
 ---
-1. Install [Go 1.17.1+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
+1. Install [Go 1.17.3+](https://golang.org/) *(Note: `gcc-go` is not supported)*
 1. Clone this repo
    ```sh
    $ git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad.git
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0b8784c06e9..b0a23ff314b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/nomad
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 replace (
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio => github.com/endocrimes/go-winio v0.4.13-0.20190628114223-fb47a8b41948
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.4 // indirect
-	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/auth v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/LK4D4/joincontext v0.0.0-20171026170139-1724345da6d5
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.4.15-0.20200113171025-3fe6c5262873
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.0.1
@@ -30,20 +27,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v0.7.3-0.20190501191748-2d6d46d308b2
 	github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.4.3-0.20190724151750-969b135e941d
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0
-	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3-0.20190205144030-7efe413b52e1 // indirect
-	github.com/denverdino/aliyungo v0.0.0-20190125010748-a747050bb1ba // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v0.0.0-20200303215952-eb310fca4956
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker v17.12.0-ce-rc1.0.20200330121334-7f8b4b621b5d+incompatible
-	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.2-0.20180719074751-73e5f5dbfea3 // indirect
-	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/libnetwork v0.8.0-dev.2.0.20200612180813-9e99af28df21
-	github.com/docker/libtrust v0.0.0-20160708172513-aabc10ec26b7 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
 	github.com/elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs v1.0.1-0.20200509193318-234c15e7648f
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient v1.6.5
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
@@ -90,8 +81,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk v0.2.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.0.0-20181012175058-2f1d1f20f75d
 	github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.1-0.20170814160653-37f427138745
-	github.com/ishidawataru/sctp v0.0.0-20191218070446-00ab2ac2db07 // indirect
-	github.com/joyent/triton-go v0.0.0-20190112182421-51ffac552869 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.0
 	github.com/kr/pty v1.1.5
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0
@@ -106,9 +95,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure v1.0.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.1
-	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
-	github.com/oklog/run v1.0.1-0.20180308005104-6934b124db28 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc93
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20200929063507-e6143ca7d51d
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
@@ -119,25 +105,149 @@ require (
 	github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.1-0.20170703205827-abc90934186a+incompatible
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0
 	github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529
-	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.9.2-0.20200314001724-bdab42bd5128 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.21.6-0.20210619153009-7ea8062810b6
 	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20160302144031-75fb7ed4208c
-	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.8.0
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty-yaml v1.0.2
-	go.opencensus.io v0.22.1-0.20190713072201-b4a14686f0a9 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201002170205-7f63de1d35b0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210818153620-00dd8d7831e7
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20200630173020-3af7569d3a1e
-	google.golang.org/api v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.29.1
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v2 v2.0.0-20140626144623-14b3d72120e8
+)
+
+require (
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.46.3 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go v44.0.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20170929234023-d6e3b3328b78 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.4 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.2 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/auth v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/cli v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/validation v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.8.9 // indirect
+	github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d // indirect
+	github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/apparentlymart/go-cidr v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v13 v13.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/armon/go-radix v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d // indirect
+	github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.5 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/checkpoint-restore/go-criu/v4 v4.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.4 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20200709052629-daa8e1ccc0bc // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3-0.20190205144030-7efe413b52e1 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/denverdino/aliyungo v0.0.0-20190125010748-a747050bb1ba // indirect
+	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/digitalocean/godo v1.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.2-0.20180719074751-73e5f5dbfea3 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/libtrust v0.0.0-20160708172513-aabc10ec26b7 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v0.0.0-20170111101155-53e6ce116135 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/gookit/color v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.7 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/vic v1.5.1-0.20190403131502-bbfe86ec9443 // indirect
+	github.com/ishidawataru/sctp v0.0.0-20191218070446-00ab2ac2db07 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joyent/triton-go v0.0.0-20190112182421-51ffac552869 // indirect
+	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.2 // indirect
+	github.com/linode/linodego v0.7.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/morikuni/aec v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mrunalp/fileutils v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/nicolai86/scaleway-sdk v1.10.2-0.20180628010248-798f60e20bb2 // indirect
+	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
+	github.com/oklog/run v1.0.1-0.20180308005104-6934b124db28 // indirect
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/packethost/packngo v0.1.1-0.20180711074735-b9cb5096f54c // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.5.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.8 // indirect
+	github.com/renier/xmlrpc v0.0.0-20170708154548-ce4a1a486c03 // indirect
+	github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.9.2-0.20200314001724-bdab42bd5128 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go v0.0.0-20180806151055-260589d94c7d // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tencentcloud/tencentcloud-sdk-go v1.0.162 // indirect
+	github.com/tj/go-spin v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.6 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/tv42/httpunix v0.0.0-20150427012821-b75d8614f926 // indirect
+	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.8 // indirect
+	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v4 v4.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/vmware/govmomi v0.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/willf/bitset v1.1.11 // indirect
+	go.opencensus.io v0.22.1-0.20190713072201-b4a14686f0a9 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190829153037-c13cbed26979 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/api v0.13.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
+	gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.5.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
index 0222e2d4362..7027058bd02 100755
--- a/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
+++ b/scripts/release/mac-remote-build
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ REPO_PATH="${TMP_WORKSPACE}/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad"
 mkdir -p "${TMP_WORKSPACE}/tmp"
 
 install_go() {
-  local go_version="1.17.1"
+  local go_version="1.17.3"
   local download=
 
   download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.darwin-amd64.tar.gz"
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
index fd85d5bccbd..7efb21eb29d 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -o errexit
 
 function install_go() {
-	local go_version="1.17.1"
+	local go_version="1.17.3"
 	local download="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
 		if go version 2>&1 | grep -q "${go_version}"; then
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 5ef82a5f272..7f48040c03e 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/nomad/tools
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.26
+
+require github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect