diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile b/deploy/Dockerfile
index 07847bd17..c6c00db16 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # Builds the static Go image to execute in a Kubernetes job
 
-FROM golang:1.10
+FROM golang:1.12
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko
 # Get GCR credential helper
 ADD https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/docker-credential-gcr/releases/download/v1.5.0/docker-credential-gcr_linux_amd64-1.5.0.tar.gz /usr/local/bin/