diff --git a/build/ci-notes.md b/build/ci-notes.md
index cd2ba8bb2ba0674c3cb1ecbcea9a20e8d9952217..7574bfffa202704f2a0cbd290bf4b572df923680 100644
--- a/build/ci-notes.md
+++ b/build/ci-notes.md
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ for Ubuntu. Packages are built for the all Ubuntu versions which are supported b
 Canonical:
 
 - Trusty Tahr (14.04 LTS)
-- Wily Werewolf (15.10)
 - Xenial Xerus (16.04 LTS)
 - Yakkety Yak (16.10)
+- Zesty Zapus (17.04)
 
 Packages of develop branch commits have suffix -unstable and cannot be installed alongside
 the stable version. Switching between release streams requires user intervention.
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ variable which Travis CI makes available to certain builds.
 We want to build go-ethereum with the most recent version of Go, irrespective of the Go
 version that is available in the main Ubuntu repository. In order to make this possible,
 our PPA depends on the ~gophers/ubuntu/archive PPA. Our source package build-depends on
-golang-1.7, which is co-installable alongside the regular golang package. PPA dependencies
+golang-1.8, which is co-installable alongside the regular golang package. PPA dependencies
 can be edited at https://launchpad.net/%7Eethereum/+archive/ubuntu/ethereum/+edit-dependencies
 
 ## Building Packages Locally (for testing)
 
 You need to run Ubuntu to do test packaging.
 
-Add the gophers PPA and install Go 1.7 and Debian packaging tools:
+Add the gophers PPA and install Go 1.8 and Debian packaging tools:
 
     $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gophers/ubuntu/archive
     $ sudo apt-get update
-    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential golang-1.7 devscripts debhelper
+    $ sudo apt-get install build-essential golang-1.8 devscripts debhelper
 
 Create the source packages:
 
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Create the source packages:
 
 Then go into the source package directory for your running distribution and build the package:
 
-    $ cd dist/ethereum-unstable-1.5.0+xenial
+    $ cd dist/ethereum-unstable-1.6.0+xenial
     $ dpkg-buildpackage
 
 Built packages are placed in the dist/ directory.
 
     $ cd ..
-    $ dpkg-deb -c geth-unstable_1.5.0+xenial_amd64.deb
+    $ dpkg-deb -c geth-unstable_1.6.0+xenial_amd64.deb
diff --git a/build/deb.control b/build/deb.control
index d39393d29053d690431cb81ae7fabab8f723fcfe..7394754ef0e5a1bcc303e222a706113f10f9d94d 100644
--- a/build/deb.control
+++ b/build/deb.control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: {{.Name}}
 Section: science
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: {{.Author}}
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), golang-1.7
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), golang-1.8
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: https://ethereum.org
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum.git
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, {{.ExeList}}
 Description: Meta-package to install geth and other tools
  Meta-package to install geth and other tools
- 
+
 {{range .Executables}}
 Package: {{$.ExeName .}}
 Conflicts: {{$.ExeConflicts .}}
diff --git a/build/deb.rules b/build/deb.rules
index 11efe15fc2c6201c3278a5fc64db6b898229221d..b3fe5267f3e68657a12098267ce9684f9fd60998 100644
--- a/build/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb.rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.7/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
+	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.8/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
 
 override_dh_auto_test: