diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f952aa3..d241fee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
diff --git a/pool_test.go b/pool_test.go
index 4b5ff7a..1b604e5 100644
--- a/pool_test.go
+++ b/pool_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Pool is no-op under race detector, so all these tests do not work.
+//go:build !race
 // +build !race
 
 package pool