diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.sum b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.sum
index 62df36a7e3..0e54aacb05 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.sum
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.sum
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0 h1:zdAyfUGbYmuVokhzVmghFl2ZJh5QhcfebBgmVPFYA+8=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hpksKq4dtpQWS1uQ61JkdqWM3LscIS6Slf+VVkm+wQk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 h1:GO788SKMRunPIBCXiQyo2AaexLstOrVhuAL5YwsckQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
index 8311a01cbc..e44221d5dc 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
index 95448607a6..0e54aacb05 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/go.sum
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapKDTa4BR/hXlZSLoq2Wpct/0txZ28=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0 h1:zdAyfUGbYmuVokhzVmghFl2ZJh5QhcfebBgmVPFYA+8=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hpksKq4dtpQWS1uQ61JkdqWM3LscIS6Slf+VVkm+wQk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 h1:GO788SKMRunPIBCXiQyo2AaexLstOrVhuAL5YwsckQM=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=