diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 6d8487a54b5..e8733feda3d 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.14.6-1
+v1.15.0-rc.1-1
diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 73a1b959f77..982749ea352 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -83,20 +83,24 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Golang
   - name: "golang"
-    version: 1.14.6
+    version: 1.15.0-rc.1
     refPaths:
     - path: build/build-image/cross/VERSION
     - path: build/root/WORKSPACE
-      match: go_version = "\d+\.\d+\.\d+"
+      match: (override_)?go_version = "((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)"
+
+  - name: "golang: upstream container image"
+    version: 1.15rc1
+    refPaths:
     - path: test/images/Makefile
-      match: GOLANG_VERSION
+      match: GOLANG_VERSION=\d+.\d+(alpha|beta|rc)\d+
 
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/kube-cross: dependents"
-    version: v1.14.6-1
+    version: v1.15.0-rc.1-1
     refPaths:
     - path: build/build-image/cross/VERSION
     - path: test/images/sample-apiserver/Dockerfile
-      match: k8s\.gcr\.io\/build-image\/kube-cross:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-\d+
+      match: k8s\.gcr\.io\/build-image\/kube-cross:v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)
 
   # Base images
   - name: "k8s.gcr.io/debian-base"
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index fed6235b8f3..da01425eb6b 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@ repo_infra_repositories()
 
 load("@io_k8s_repo_infra//:repos.bzl", repo_infra_configure = "configure", repo_infra_go_repositories = "go_repositories")
 
+# IMPORTANT: Only one go version may be specified at a time
+#            'go_version':          used to specify a published upstream go version
+#            'override_go_version': used to specify an alternate go version provided
+#                                   by kubernetes/repo-infra
 repo_infra_configure(
-    go_version = "1.14.6",
+    # TODO(go1.15): Uncomment once we've published a repo-infra release that supports go1.15
+    #go_version = "1.15.0",
+    # TODO(go1.15): Comment out once we've published a repo-infra release that supports go1.15
+    override_go_version = "1.15.0-rc.1",
     minimum_bazel_version = "2.2.0",
 )
 
diff --git a/test/images/Makefile b/test/images/Makefile
index bea0ef7199f..dc72465a861 100644
--- a/test/images/Makefile
+++ b/test/images/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images
 GOARM ?= 7
 DOCKER_CERT_BASE_PATH ?=
 QEMUVERSION=v2.9.1
-GOLANG_VERSION=1.14.6
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.15rc1
 export
 
 ifndef WHAT
diff --git a/test/images/sample-apiserver/Dockerfile b/test/images/sample-apiserver/Dockerfile
index 9e50ad5d2ee..613be76e231 100644
--- a/test/images/sample-apiserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/images/sample-apiserver/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 ARG BASEIMAGE
-FROM k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross:v1.14.6-1 as build_k8s_1_17_sample_apiserver
+FROM k8s.gcr.io/build-image/kube-cross:v1.15.0-rc.1-1 as build_k8s_1_17_sample_apiserver
 
 ENV GOPATH /go
 RUN mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src ${GOPATH}/bin