diff --git a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
index 46b47233ee1..9f91e20b831 100644
--- a/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
+++ b/staging/publishing/rules.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ recursive-delete-patterns:
 - BUILD.bazel
 - "*/BUILD.bazel"
 - Gopkg.toml
+default-go-version: 1.14.6
 rules:
 - destination: code-generator
   branches:
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
 
 - destination: apimachinery
   library: true
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
 
 - destination: api
   library: true
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/api
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
       - repository: apimachinery
         branch: release-1.19
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/client-go
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
       - repository: apimachinery
         branch: release-1.19
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/component-base
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -742,7 +743,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/metrics
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -807,7 +808,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -878,7 +879,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -951,7 +952,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-proxy
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1012,7 +1013,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1085,7 +1086,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1158,7 +1159,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1215,7 +1216,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: apimachinery
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1353,7 +1354,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1452,7 +1453,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1527,7 +1528,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
 
 - destination: kubectl
   library: true
@@ -1615,7 +1616,7 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6
     dependencies:
     - repository: api
       branch: release-1.19
@@ -1644,4 +1645,4 @@ rules:
       branch: release-1.19
       dir: staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager
     name: release-1.19
-    go: 1.14.4
+    go: 1.14.6