diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f320de213..ca348ac709 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -866,8 +866,7 @@ site/themes/docsy/assets/vendor/bootstrap/package.js: ## update the website docs
 out/hugo/hugo:
 	mkdir -p out
 	test -d out/hugo || git clone https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo.git out/hugo
-	go get golang.org/dl/go1.16 && go1.16 download
-	(cd out/hugo && go1.16 build --tags extended)
+	(cd out/hugo && go build --tags extended)
 
 .PHONY: site
 site: site/themes/docsy/assets/vendor/bootstrap/package.js out/hugo/hugo ## Serve the documentation site to localhost
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/binaries.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/binaries.md
index ade5f54f99..6254844a10 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/binaries.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/binaries.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ weight: 2
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* A recent Go distribution (>=1.12)
+* A recent Go distribution (>=1.16)
 * If you are on Windows, you'll need Docker to be installed.
 * 4GB of RAM
 
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/iso.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/iso.md
index 8fd818bd38..f739aef819 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/iso.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/building/iso.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The minikube ISO is booted by each hypervisor to provide a stable minimal Linux
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-* A recent Go distribution (>=1.12)
+* A recent Go distribution (>=1.16)
 * If you are on Windows, you'll need Docker to be installed.
 * 4GB of RAM
 * Build tools: