upgrade to go 1.16 (#274)

* upgrade to go 1.16

* add '@latest' because go install will attempt to install inside the working module if a version is not defined

* use go 1.16 for all builds / tests

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ orbs:
 executors:
   golang:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.14
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
   mac:
     macos:
       xcode: 11.4.1
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Download golang
-          command: curl -SL https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.4.darwin-amd64.tar.gz -O
+          command: curl -SL https://golang.org/dl/go1.16.3.darwin-amd64.tar.gz -O
       - run:
           name: Extract golang
-          command: tar -C ~ -xzf go1.14.4.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
+          command: tar -C ~ -xzf go1.16.3.darwin-amd64.tar.gz
       - run:
           name: Add Golang to Path
           command: echo 'export PATH=~/go/bin:$PATH' >> $BASH_ENV
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Upgrade Golang
           shell: powershell.exe
-          command: choco upgrade golang --version=1.14
+          command: choco upgrade golang --version=1.16
       - run:
           name: Install GCC
           shell: powershell.exe
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
         default: 128GB
 
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.14
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
     resource_class: small
 
     steps:
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
 
   report-benchmark:
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/golang:1.14
+      - image: circleci/golang:1.16
     resource_class: small
     steps:
       - checkout

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Added float64 to Severity parser's supported types [PR 267](https://github.com/observIQ/stanza/issues/267)
 
+### Changed
+- Switched to Go 1.16, from Go 1.14
+
 ## [0.13.18] - 2021-04-02
 
 ### Changed

Makefile

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ALL_MODULES := $(shell find . -type f -name "go.mod" -exec dirname {} \; | sort
 
 .PHONY: install-tools
 install-tools:
-	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint
-	go install github.com/vektra/mockery/cmd/mockery
+	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest
+	go install github.com/vektra/mockery/cmd/mockery@latest
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: vet test-only