diff --git a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
index 54f6c63..4b176e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version:
-          - "1.17"
           - "1.18"
           - "1.19"
           - "1.20"
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version:
-          - "1.17"
           - "1.18"
           - "1.19"
           - "1.20"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2b2ad52..9dc8b0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version:
-          - "1.17"
           - "1.18"
           - "1.19"
           - "1.20"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 958650a..30919fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ information on the API of the signaling server.
 The following tools are required for building the signaling server.
 
 - git
-- go >= 1.17
+- go >= 1.18 (usually the last three versions of go are supported)
 - make
 - protobuf-compiler >= 3