diff --git a/roles/go/defaults/main.yml b/roles/go/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96fa338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+go_version: 1.8.5
diff --git a/roles/go/tasks/main.yml b/roles/go/tasks/main.yml
index 201e298..8ce00a2 100644
--- a/roles/go/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/go/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 
 - name: Download and install go
-  unarchive: src=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz dest=/usr/local copy=no
+  unarchive: src=https://dl.google.com/go/go{{ go_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz dest=/usr/local copy=no
 
 - name: Configure go
   copy: src=go.sh dest=/etc/profile.d/go.sh