diff --git a/build-tools/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build-tools/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index 018a2771368..04b437c7d16 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
+++ b/build-tools/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # This file creates a standard build environment for building cross
 # platform go binary for the architecture kubernetes cares about.
 
-FROM golang:1.7.1
+FROM golang:1.7.3
 
 ENV GOARM 6
 ENV KUBE_DYNAMIC_CROSSPLATFORMS \
diff --git a/build-tools/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build-tools/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 3616fe13ad7..0d3e2ad5b5c 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build-tools/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.7.1-3
+v1.7.3-0