diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile.test b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
index b3974c2de..900fa1bab 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # 3.) $ make binaries install test
 #
 
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.11
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.12
 
 FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION} AS golang-base
 RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/containerd/containerd