diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index 384dff23b09..dfee225fbfc 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/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:1.6.3
+FROM golang:1.7.1
 
 ENV GOARM 6
 ENV KUBE_DYNAMIC_CROSSPLATFORMS \
diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 38e95fa7593..7c727ed6d36 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.6.3-9
+v1.7.1-0
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh b/hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh
index e1f441ad7a7..869a2d58023 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/gotest-dockerized.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ docker run --rm=true \
   -e "KUBE_VERIFY_GIT_BRANCH=${KUBE_VERIFY_GIT_BRANCH:-}" \
   -e "REPO_DIR=${REPO_DIR}" \
   -e "HOST_ARTIFACTS_DIR=${HOST_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" \
-  -i gcr.io/google_containers/kubekins-test:v20160822 \
+  -i gcr.io/k8s-testimages/kubekins-test:1.5-v20161007-49d47fe \
   bash -c "cd kubernetes && ${KUBE_TEST_SCRIPT:-./hack/jenkins/test-dockerized.sh}"