diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0cf7a926..41071db9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - "1.13.x"
+  - "1.16.x"
 
 services:
   - docker
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fdb8fb58..ae7c72cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LDFLAGS=$(shell build/ldflags.sh)
 
 # kubernetes client won't build with go<1.10
 GOVERSION:=$(shell go version | awk '{print $$3}')
-GOVERSION_MIN:=go1.12
+GOVERSION_MIN:=go1.16
 GOVERSION_CHECK=$(shell printf "%s\n%s\n" "$(GOVERSION)" "$(GOVERSION_MIN)" | sort -t. -k 1,1n -k 2,2n -k 3,3n -k 4,4n | head -n 1)
 
 # Test parameters
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf8129fd..0334bf56 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ For all the ways kubeaudit can be customized, see [Global Flags](#global-flags).
 | :-------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :---------------------- |
 | `all`     | Runs all available auditors, or those specified using a kubeaudit config. | [docs](docs/all.md)     |
 | `autofix` | Automatically fixes security issues.                                      | [docs](docs/autofix.md) |
+| `version` | Prints the current kubeaudit version.                                     |                         |
 
 ### Auditors
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b13e7fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cmd/commands/VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/commands/VERSION b/cmd/commands/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..850e7424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/commands/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.14.0
diff --git a/cmd/commands/version.go b/cmd/commands/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2eea971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/commands/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+//go:embed VERSION
+var version string
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Prints the current kubeaudit version",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println(strings.TrimSpace(version))
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 83bd98a9..15aee04b 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 If the changes since the most recent release are bug fixes only, bump the last number (the patch version). If any of the changes since the last release include a new feature or breaking change, bump the second number (the minor version) and set the last number to 0 (the patch version). For example, if the latest release is `v0.11.5` and there were only bug fixes merged to master since then, the next version number will be `v0.11.6`. If there were new features added or a breaking change was made, the next version would be `v0.12.0`.
 
-3. Create a tag with the new version and push it up to Github:
+3. Update the `VERSION` file if necessary. You'll have to open / merge a PR to do this.
+
+4. Create a tag with the new version and push it up to Github:
 
 ```
 git tag -a <VERSION> -m "<VERSION>"
@@ -22,11 +24,11 @@ git tag -a v0.11.6 -m "v0.11.6"
 git push origin v0.11.6
 ```
 
-4. You will need a Github token in order for Goreleaser to be able to create a release in Github. If you already have one, skip to the next step.
+5. You will need a Github token in order for Goreleaser to be able to create a release in Github. If you already have one, skip to the next step.
 
 [Create a Github token](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) with the `repo` scope.
 
-5. Run Goreleaser
+6. Run Goreleaser
 
 Make sure you have Docker running.
 
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ Make sure you have Docker running.
 GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR TOKEN> goreleaser --rm-dist
 ```
 
-6. Publish the release in Github
+7. Publish the release in Github
 
 Goreleaser is set to draft mode which means it will create a draft release in Github, allowing you to double check the release and make changes to the Changelog. Find the [draft release](https://github.com/Shopify/kubeaudit/releases) and make sure there are no commits to master since the release.
 
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ Click `Edit` on the right of the draft release and tidy up the Changelog if nece
 
 Click on `Publish release` at the bottom.
 
-7. Publish Docker images
+8. Publish Docker images
 
 Since Goreleaser is set to draft mode, it will build Docker images but not publish them. You can see the images with `docker images`.
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3cde5cd8..504c812c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.19.1
 )
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.16