diff --git a/COMPILE.md b/COMPILE.md
index 5d17246..fdc5026 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/go1.5.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
-    $ echo "43afe0c5017e502630b1aea4d44b8a7f059bf60d7f29dfd58db454d4e4e0ae53 go1.5.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+    $ echo "5470eac05d273c74ff8bac7bef5bad0b5abbd1c4052efbdbc8db45332e836b0b go1.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
 
-    $ tar xf go1.5.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    $ tar xf go1.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
     $ mkdir -p gopath/{pkg,bin,src}