diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
index 47f071e3ff..29197450ff 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # @CODE
 # COREOS_GO_VERSION=go1.5
 # @CODE
-export COREOS_GO_VERSION="${COREOS_GO_VERSION:-go1.6}"
+export COREOS_GO_VERSION="${COREOS_GO_VERSION:-go1.7}"
 
 case "${EAPI:-0}" in
 	5|6) ;;