diff --git a/go/def.bzl b/go/def.bzl
index 8805036909..6ae356a840 100644
--- a/go/def.bzl
+++ b/go/def.bzl
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ load(
 
 # Current version or next version to be tagged. Gazelle and other tools may
 # check this to determine compatibility.
-RULES_GO_VERSION = "0.15.0"
+RULES_GO_VERSION = "0.16.0"
 
 GoLibrary = _GoLibrary
 """See go/providers.rst#GoLibrary for full documentation."""