diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index d8e5475eb..82b9edaeb 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 GO_REPO_ROOT := /go/src/github.com/dokku/dokku
-BUILD_IMAGE := golang:1.9.1
+BUILD_IMAGE := golang:1.12
 
 .PHONY: build-in-docker build clean src-clean