diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f5cbb25a3..f82f03518 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sudo: required
 services: docker
 
 go:
-- 1.12.9
+- 1.12.12
 
 notifications:
   on_success: never
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ env:
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   allow_failures:
-  - go: 1.12.9
+  - go: 1.12.12
     env: TARGET=linux-amd64-grpcproxy
-  - go: 1.12.9
+  - go: 1.12.12
     env: TARGET=linux-386-unit
 
 before_install:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b0b1b5ed..d05abcfa5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ docker-remove:
 
 
 
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.12.9
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.12.12
 ETCD_VERSION ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "GitNotFound")
 
 TEST_SUFFIX = $(shell date +%s | base64 | head -c 15)
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ endif
 
 
 # Example:
-#   GO_VERSION=1.12.9 make build-docker-test
+#   GO_VERSION=1.12.12 make build-docker-test
 #   make build-docker-test
 #
 #   gcloud docker -- login -u _json_key -p "$(cat /etc/gcp-key-etcd-development.json)" https://gcr.io
-#   GO_VERSION=1.12.9 make push-docker-test
+#   GO_VERSION=1.12.12 make push-docker-test
 #   make push-docker-test
 #
 #   gsutil -m acl ch -u allUsers:R -r gs://artifacts.etcd-development.appspot.com
diff --git a/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh b/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
index c650d5dcd..a7f56fc63 100755
--- a/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
+++ b/functional/scripts/docker-local-agent.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ! [[ "${0}" =~ "scripts/docker-local-agent.sh" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${GO_VERSION}" ]]; then
-  GO_VERSION=1.12.9
+  GO_VERSION=1.12.12
 fi
 echo "Running with GO_VERSION:" ${GO_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh b/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
index 00970659d..b7d90f395 100755
--- a/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
+++ b/functional/scripts/docker-local-tester.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if ! [[ "${0}" =~ "scripts/docker-local-tester.sh" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${GO_VERSION}" ]]; then
-  GO_VERSION=1.12.9
+  GO_VERSION=1.12.12
 fi
 echo "Running with GO_VERSION:" ${GO_VERSION}