diff --git a/modules/golang/manifests/init.pp b/modules/golang/manifests/init.pp
index 834e33b..0761149 100644
--- a/modules/golang/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/golang/manifests/init.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class golang ( $version = "1.4.1" ) {
+class golang ( $version = "1.5.3" ) {
 
   exec { "download-golang":
     command => "/usr/bin/wget --no-check-certificate -O /usr/local/src/go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz http://golang.org/dl/go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz",