diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 9271a8208c..00d7adfcf4 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.16-openshift-4.10
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.17-openshift-4.10
diff --git a/Dockerfile.rhel7 b/Dockerfile.rhel7
index 355191b7bd..d2c42e677e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rhel7
+++ b/Dockerfile.rhel7
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM Dockerfile DO NOT EDIT
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.16-openshift-4.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.17-openshift-4.10 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
 COPY . .
 # FIXME once we can depend on a new enough host that supports globs for COPY,