diff --git a/deployment/docker/Makefile b/deployment/docker/Makefile
index f7eb25ca2a..8c5c5a9531 100644
--- a/deployment/docker/Makefile
+++ b/deployment/docker/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DOCKER_NAMESPACE := victoriametrics
 
 ROOT_IMAGE ?= alpine:3.14.1
 CERTS_IMAGE := alpine:3.14.1
-GO_BUILDER_IMAGE := golang:1.16.7
+GO_BUILDER_IMAGE := golang:1.17.0
 BUILDER_IMAGE := local/builder:2.0.0-$(shell echo $(GO_BUILDER_IMAGE) | tr : _)
 BASE_IMAGE := local/base:1.1.3-$(shell echo $(ROOT_IMAGE) | tr : _)-$(shell echo $(CERTS_IMAGE) | tr : _)
 
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 79bbbe2a96..576aef1fe0 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ sort: 15
 * FEATURE: vmagent: reduce memory usage and CPU usage when Prometheus staleness tracking is enabled for metrics exported from the deleted or disappeared scrape targets.
 * FEATURE: take into account failed queries in `vm_request_duration_seconds` summary at `/metrics`. Previously only successful queries were taken into account. This could result in skewed summary. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/1537).
 * FEATURE: vmalert: add `-disableAlertgroupLabel` command-line flag for disabling the label with alert group name. This may be needed for proper deduplication in Alertmanager. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1532).
+* FEATURE: update Go builder from v1.16.7 to v1.17.0. This improves data ingestion and query performance by up to 5% according to benchmarks. See [the release post for Go1.17](https://go.dev/blog/go1.17).
 
 
 ## [v1.64.1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.64.1)