diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-build.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-build.yaml
index 15fade56406..7da1ce916c4 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-build.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-build.yaml
@@ -50,5 +50,7 @@
             branch: 'release-1.0'
         - 'build-1.1':
             branch: 'release-1.1'
+        - 'build-1.2':
+            branch: 'release-1.2'
     jobs:
         - 'kubernetes-{build}'
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-test-go.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
index fc76a208992..9600e7989d9 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-test-go.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
         - 'go':
             branch: 'master'
             timeout: 45
+        - 'go-release-1.2':
+            branch: 'release-1.2'
+            timeout: 45
         - 'go-release-1.1':
             branch: 'release-1.1'
             timeout: 30