how to solve "stderr: go mod tidy: go.mod file indicates go 1.17, but maximum supported version is 1.16 ." error?

Question

I am getting error on Visual Studio Code:

Command 'gopls.tidy' failed: Error: err: exit status 1: stderr: go mod tidy: go.mod file indicates go 1.17, but maximum supported version is 1.16 .

I can't fix it with go mod tidy and go mod init. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

A simple command in the terminal helped me:

brew upgrade go

GoLang has been updated, I have restarted the project, and everything is working

Answer 2

If you are using IntelliJ or GoLand built-in terminal, change GOROOT on this page:

then restart the IDE.