diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 9f8d56f4f09..9bcd25668bb 100755
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -219,12 +219,23 @@ tasks:
   test-legacy:
     desc: Run tests for the `legacy` package
     cmds:
-      - go test {{ default "-v -failfast" .GOFLAGS }} -coverprofile=coverage_legacy.txt ./legacy/...
+      - |
+        go test \
+          {{ default "-v -failfast" .GOFLAGS }} \
+          -coverprofile=coverage_legacy.txt \
+          ./legacy/... \
+          {{.TEST_LDFLAGS}}
 
   test-unit-race:
     desc: Run unit tests only with race condition detection
     cmds:
-      - go test -short -race {{ default "-v" .GOFLAGS }} -coverprofile=coverage_race_unit.txt {{ default .DEFAULT_GO_PACKAGES .TARGETS }}
+      - |
+        go test \
+          -short \
+          -race {{ default "-v" .GOFLAGS }} \
+          -coverprofile=coverage_race_unit.txt \
+          {{ default .DEFAULT_GO_PACKAGES .TARGETS }} \
+          {{.TEST_LDFLAGS}}
 
   check:
     desc: Check fmt and lint, `legacy` will be skipped
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 107ca6b64c0..f8ecb4d15b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/arduino/arduino-cli
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/arduino/board-discovery v0.0.0-20180823133458-1ba29327fb0c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9977b9fb416..1a58de9cf6d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ github.com/fluxio/iohelpers v0.0.0-20160419043813-3a4dd67a94d2 h1:C6sOwknxwWfLBE
 github.com/fluxio/iohelpers v0.0.0-20160419043813-3a4dd67a94d2/go.mod h1:c7sGIpDbBo0JZZ1tKyC1p5smWf8QcUjK4bFtZjHAecg=
 github.com/fluxio/multierror v0.0.0-20160419044231-9c68d39025e5 h1:R8jFW6G/bjoXjWPFrEfw9G5YQDlYhwV4AC+Eonu6wmk=
 github.com/fluxio/multierror v0.0.0-20160419044231-9c68d39025e5/go.mod h1:BEUDl7FG1cc76sM0J0x8dqr6RhiL4uqvk6oFkwuNyuM=
-github.com/flynn/go-shlex v0.0.0-20150515145356-3f9db97f8568 h1:BHsljHzVlRcyQhjrss6TZTdY2VfCqZPbv5k3iBFa2ZQ=
 github.com/flynn/go-shlex v0.0.0-20150515145356-3f9db97f8568/go.mod h1:xEzjJPgXI435gkrCt3MPfRiAkVrwSbHsst4LCFVfpJc=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=