diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 20c9f171..27bf18ee 100755
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ workspace:
 pipeline:
   test:
     secrets: [ codecov_token ]
-    image: golang:1.10
+    image: golang:1.12
     commands:
       - make test
       - make coverage.txt
       - ./ci/codecov.sh
 
   benchmarks:
-    image: golang:1.10
+    image: golang:1.12
     commands:
       - make bench
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d4aff0a4..72565fbe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.10-alpine3.8 as build
+FROM golang:1.12-alpine3.10 as build
 RUN apk add --no-cache make
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/uswitch/kiam
 ADD . .