diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index f0d0cd1f48..952c00bcb2 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # This file creates a standard build environment for building cross
 # platform go binary for the architecture kubernetes cares about.
 
-FROM golang:1.12.4
+FROM golang:1.12.5
 
 ENV GOARM 7
 ENV KUBE_DYNAMIC_CROSSPLATFORMS \
diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 3ff2cc2b66..ffe90318ad 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.12.4-1
+v1.12.5-1
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index e103e3b6da..45f1ff382b 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "91b79f4758fd16f2c6426279ce00c1d2d8577d61c519db39675ed84657e1a95e",
-    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.17.4/rules_go-0.17.4.tar.gz"),
+    sha256 = "87a089eabf919de29eb4711daa52ffbc4b22b2c045949c20503357a3cadf1037",
+    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.17.5/rules_go-0.17.5.tar.gz"),
 )
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_depe
 go_rules_dependencies()
 
 go_register_toolchains(
-    go_version = "1.12.4",
+    go_version = "1.12.5",
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/test/images/Makefile b/test/images/Makefile
index c5a1797e01..f664b5fa26 100644
--- a/test/images/Makefile
+++ b/test/images/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include  ../../hack/make-rules/Makefile.manifest
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images
 GOARM=7
 QEMUVERSION=v2.9.1
-GOLANG_VERSION=1.12.4
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.12.5
 export
 
 ifndef WHAT