diff --git a/skopeo.spec b/skopeo.spec
index 7d69e13..e837730 100644
--- a/skopeo.spec
+++ b/skopeo.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ Source0: %{git0}/archive/%{built_tag}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
 BuildRequires: git
+%if 0%{?ubuntu} <= 2004
+BuildRequires: golang-1.16
+%else
 BuildRequires: golang
+%endif
 BuildRequires: libassuan-dev
 BuildRequires: libbtrfs-dev
 BuildRequires: libglib2.0-dev