diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 22aa86c7e..e4f32828a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ after_success:
 - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
 
 go:
-- 1.9.1
+- 1.9.4
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e1cf38088..c84566167 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.9.2-alpine3.6
+FROM golang:1.9.4-alpine3.6
 
 MAINTAINER Minio Inc <dev@minio.io>
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index 0229cfd5a..2eb4df13b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.9.2-alpine3.6
+FROM golang:1.9.4-alpine3.6
 
 MAINTAINER Minio Inc <dev@minio.io>
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/checkdeps.sh b/buildscripts/checkdeps.sh
index 2794ede8a..fdd46a07c 100644
--- a/buildscripts/checkdeps.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/checkdeps.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ _init() {
 
     ## Minimum required versions for build dependencies
     GIT_VERSION="1.0"
-    GO_VERSION="1.9.1"
+    GO_VERSION="1.9.4"
     OSX_VERSION="10.8"
     KNAME=$(uname -s)
     ARCH=$(uname -m)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3503e60da..96f183942 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Minio requires at least Go v1.9.1
-	minGoVersion        = "1.9.1"
+	// Minio requires at least Go v1.9.4
+	minGoVersion        = "1.9.4"
 	goVersionConstraint = ">= " + minGoVersion
 )
 
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index b91d21010..5a24bdc40 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ func TestCheckGoVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedErr error
 	}{
 		{minGoVersion, nil},
-		{"1.6.8", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.1.  Please recompile accordingly")},
-		{"1.5", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.1.  Please recompile accordingly")},
-		{"0.1", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.1.  Please recompile accordingly")},
+		{"1.6.8", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.4.  Please recompile accordingly")},
+		{"1.5", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.4.  Please recompile accordingly")},
+		{"0.1", fmt.Errorf("Minio is not compiled by Go >= 1.9.4.  Please recompile accordingly")},
 		{".1", fmt.Errorf("Malformed version: .1")},
 		{"somejunk", fmt.Errorf("Malformed version: somejunk")},
 	}