diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c1fd4ce790..e29a7cdce5 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\cli
 
 environment:
   GOPATH: c:\gopath
-  GOVERSION: 1.11.6
+  GOVERSION: 1.12.1
   DEPVERSION: v0.4.1
 
 install:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
index f2762562b6..9ab4ac9b6a 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM    golang:1.11.6-alpine
+FROM    golang:1.12.1-alpine
 
 RUN     apk add -U git bash coreutils gcc musl-dev
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross
index 96a22b3cfa..1f870f42aa 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.cross
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM	dockercore/golang-cross:1.11.6@sha256:fc07992ec18c0695fe748460cb3d599178d138ba2c762098283bc49334d7b072
+FROM	dockercore/golang-cross:1.12.1@sha256:8541e3aea7b2cffb7ac310af250e34551abe2ec180c77d5a81ae3d52a47ac779
 ENV     DISABLE_WARN_OUTSIDE_CONTAINER=1
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
 COPY    . .
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index 07d93ba5e7..2982340c74 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM    golang:1.11.6-alpine
+FROM    golang:1.12.1-alpine
 
 RUN     apk add -U git make bash coreutils ca-certificates curl
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
index 7bf3109b53..6cb50aef34 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.11.6
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.12.1
 
 FROM docker/containerd-shim-process:a4d1531 AS containerd-shim-process
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
index b99cd690bc..6af611c924 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM    golang:1.11.6-alpine
+FROM    golang:1.12.1-alpine
 
 RUN     apk add -U git