diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
index ae507a944a..f2b53bfb7c 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/go/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="go"
-PKG_VERSION="1.6.3"
+PKG_VERSION="1.7.4"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ make_host() {
   bash make.bash --no-banner
 }
 
+pre_makeinstall_host() {
+  # need to cleanup old golang version when updating to a new version
+  rm -rf $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang
+}
+
 makeinstall_host() {
   mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang
   cp -av $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/* $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib/golang/