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 The CLI tool is written in Go and should be obtained and built as a standard Go project. 
 You will need the following tools to build it:
 
-- Go (min version 1.5.1), with full cross-compiler support (see https://golang.org/dl).
+- Go (min version 1.6), with full cross-compiler support (see https://golang.org/dl).
   On Mac, if using Homebrew, use "brew install go --with-cc-all"
 - godep (see https://github.com/tools/godep)