the package golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 require go version is 1.17, but gomod just require 1.12 ?

[Charlie17Li]

Introduction

I find that golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 require go version is 1.17, but gomod just requires 1.12. My go version is 1.16, so I failed to build the project.

/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/mremap.go:33:10: undefined: unsafe.Slice
/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/syscall.go:83:16: undefined: unsafe.Slice
/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/syscall_linux.go:1018:20: undefined: unsafe.Slice
/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/syscall_linux.go:2316:9: undefined: unsafe.Slice
/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/syscall_unix.go:118:7: undefined: unsafe.Slice
/home/admin/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/x/[email protected]/unix/sysvshm_unix.go:33:7: undefined: unsafe.Slice

netlink/go.mod

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	module github.com/vishvananda/netlink
	go 1.12
	require (
	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4
	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0
	)

Question

If we can downgrade the version of golang.org/x/sys or change the go version from 1.12 to 1.17?