task: Updating github actions

updating to use Go 1.16 and 1.17

Author: paganotoni

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.14.x, 1.15.x]
+        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: Test
       run: |
-        go mod tidy -v
         go test -race ./...