diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f0487804d7f..72104babe1e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.12.10 as builder
+FROM golang:1.12.11 as builder
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
 # Run this with docker build --build_arg $(go env GOPROXY) to override the goproxy
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 82e681e360d..c07ddf3346d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ release-binary: $(RELEASE_DIR)
 		-e GOARCH=$(GOARCH) \
 		-v "$$(pwd):/workspace" \
 		-w /workspace \
-		golang:1.12.10 \
+		golang:1.12.11 \
 		go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' \
 		-o $(RELEASE_DIR)/$(notdir $(RELEASE_BINARY))-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH) $(RELEASE_BINARY)