diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6de0d717d..22eb60163 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ElrondNetwork/elrond-go-core
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.3
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.0
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
+)
+
 replace github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/ElrondNetwork/protobuf v1.3.2