diff --git a/packages/golang/build.sh b/packages/golang/build.sh
index c611dc3ced..dfb420698f 100644
--- a/packages/golang/build.sh
+++ b/packages/golang/build.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://golang.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Go programming language compiler"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-_MAJOR_VERSION=1.16
+_MAJOR_VERSION=1.16.3
 # Use the ~ deb versioning construct in the future:
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2:${_MAJOR_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${_MAJOR_VERSION}.src.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7688063d55656105898f323d90a79a39c378d86fe89ae192eb3b7fc46347c95a
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b298d29de9236ca47a023e382313bcc2d2eed31dfa706b60a04103ce83a71a25
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="clang"
 TERMUX_PKG_NO_STATICSPLIT=true
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh b/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
index 8a880b7c4a..1ed51c49b6 100644
--- a/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/setup/termux_setup_golang.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Utility function for golang-using packages to setup a go toolchain.
 termux_setup_golang() {
 	if [ "$TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD" = "false" ]; then
-		local TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.16
+		local TERMUX_GO_VERSION=go1.16.3
 		local TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM=linux-amd64
 
 		local TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ termux_setup_golang() {
 		rm -Rf "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR/go" "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"
 		termux_download https://golang.org/dl/${TERMUX_GO_VERSION}.${TERMUX_GO_PLATFORM}.tar.gz \
 			"$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR" \
-		        013a489ebb3e24ef3d915abe5b94c3286c070dfe0818d5bca8108f1d6e8440d2
+			951a3c7c6ce4e56ad883f97d9db74d3d6d80d5fec77455c6ada6c1f7ac4776d2
 
 		( cd "$TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR"; tar xf "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR"; mv go "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_FOLDER"; rm "$TERMUX_BUILDGO_TAR" )
 	else