diff --git a/checkdeps.sh b/checkdeps.sh
index 80a42f00f..55161ae32 100755
--- a/checkdeps.sh
+++ b/checkdeps.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ echo -n "Checking dependencies for Minio.. "
 ## Check all dependencies are present
 MISSING=""
 
-check_version "$(env go version | sed 's/^.* go\([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/')" "1.4.0"
+check_version "$(env go version | sed 's/^.* go\([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/')" "1.4"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    MISSING="${MISSING} golang(1.4.0)"
+    MISSING="${MISSING} golang(1.4)"
 fi
 
 env git --version > /dev/null 2>&1