diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer b/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
index 869438dab..9318e4881 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile_warmer
@@ -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
 COPY . .
 RUN make out/warmer