diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index d5a144b789..208ee202d0 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:1.11.5
+FROM golang:1.12.0
 
 ENV GOARM 7
 ENV KUBE_DYNAMIC_CROSSPLATFORMS \
diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 955e455c5a..23b333b69b 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.11.5-1
+v1.12.0-1
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index 43e2868bda..a6eff8996d 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "492c3ac68ed9dcf527a07e6a1b2dcbf199c6bf8b35517951467ac32e421c06c1",
-    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.17.0/rules_go-0.17.0.tar.gz"),
+    sha256 = "6776d68ebb897625dead17ae510eac3d5f6342367327875210df44dbe2aeeb19",
+    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/0.17.1/rules_go-0.17.1.tar.gz"),
 )
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_depe
 go_rules_dependencies()
 
 go_register_toolchains(
-    go_version = "1.11.5",
+    go_version = "1.12",
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/test/images/Makefile b/test/images/Makefile
index 955fe617f4..c20123b39e 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=1.11.5
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.12.0
 export
 
 ifndef WHAT