diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8a691279..6011a2af 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/prometheus-community/postgres_exporter
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.11.0
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.29.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df0f869b..3e9df6e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfn
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2 h1:AqzbZs4ZoCBp+GtejcpCpcxM3zlSMx29dXbUSeVtJb8=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.1 h1:6VXZrLU0jHBYyAqrSPa+MgPfnSvTPuMgK+k0o5kVFWo=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.1/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.6/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=