diff --git a/COMPILE.md b/COMPILE.md
index 5315430..0a21891 100644
--- a/COMPILE.md
+++ b/COMPILE.md
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ A quick and dirty way to produce the binaries of `mtdbconverter`,
 
     # Assuming you have a 64bit GNU/Linux system. For other systems take
     # the corresponding version from https://golang.org/dl/
-    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
-    $ echo "a579ab19d5237e263254f1eac5352efcf1d70b9dacadb6d6bb12b0911ede8994  go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+    $ echo "d70eadefce8e160638a9a6db97f7192d8463069ab33138893ad3bf31b0650a79 go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
 
-    $ tar xf go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ tar xf go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
     $ mkdir -p gopath/{pkg,bin,src}