diff --git a/make/photon/notary/binary.Dockerfile b/make/photon/notary/binary.Dockerfile
index 7aafee012..1b9d73096 100644
--- a/make/photon/notary/binary.Dockerfile
+++ b/make/photon/notary/binary.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.7.3
+FROM golang:1.9.4
 
 ENV NOTARYPKG github.com/theupdateframework/notary
 
diff --git a/make/photon/notary/builder b/make/photon/notary/builder
index d55f7751d..3dd5df358 100755
--- a/make/photon/notary/builder
+++ b/make/photon/notary/builder
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cur=$PWD
 TEMP=`mktemp -d /$TMPDIR/notary.XXXXXX`
 git clone -b $VERSION https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary.git $TEMP
 
-echo 'build the notary binary bases on the golang:1.7.3...'
+echo 'build the notary binary bases on the golang:1.9.4...'
 cp binary.Dockerfile $TEMP 
 cd $TEMP
 docker build -f binary.Dockerfile -t notary-golang $TEMP