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 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/anchore/syft)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/anchore/syft)
 [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/anchore/syft.svg)](https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/latest)
 [![License: Apache-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![GitHub go.mod Go version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/anchore/syft.svg)](https://github.com/anchore/syft)
 
 A CLI tool and go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems.
 
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 module github.com/anchore/syft
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d