diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 234cf37..31624b2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@
   - ./coveralls.bash
 
 go:
-  - 1.7.x
-  - 1.8.x
+  - 1.9.x
   - tip
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 29520e6..35ace2c 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   pre:
     - curl -sSL https://s3.amazonaws.com/circle-downloads/install-circleci-docker.sh | bash -s -- 1.10.0
     - sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
-    - curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local
+    - curl -sSL https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local
   services:
     - docker
 
diff --git a/update_deps.bash b/update_deps.bash
index 0a349a8..576e8b4 100755
--- a/update_deps.bash
+++ b/update_deps.bash
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	while read d
 	do
 		echo $d
-		go get -u $d
+		go get -u $d || echo "failed, trying again with master" && cd $GOPATH/src/$d && git checkout master && go get -u $d
 	done
 }