diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index 18b8fccfb8f..88d4abec5a4 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:1.12.12
+FROM golang:1.13.4
 
 ENV GOARM 7
 ENV KUBE_DYNAMIC_CROSSPLATFORMS \
diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 1a8543adf20..e1859b51923 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.12.12-1
+v1.13.4-1
diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 764344b87bd..50612efbbfe 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 
   - name: "golang"
-    version: 1.12.12
+    version: 1.13.4
     refPaths:
     - path: build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
       match: "golang:"
diff --git a/build/root/WORKSPACE b/build/root/WORKSPACE
index 7e0457a1630..51e793620a5 100644
--- a/build/root/WORKSPACE
+++ b/build/root/WORKSPACE
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
-    sha256 = "b480589f57e8b09f4b0892437b9afe889e0d6660e92f5d53d3f0546c01e67ca5",
-    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.19.7/rules_go-v0.19.7.tar.gz"),
+    sha256 = "9976c2572587aa71f81b502cc870ef8058f6de37f5fcfaade6a5996934b4a324",
+    urls = mirror("https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.19.8/rules_go-v0.19.8.tar.gz"),
 )
 
 load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_dependencies")
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:deps.bzl", "go_register_toolchains", "go_rules_depe
 go_rules_dependencies()
 
 go_register_toolchains(
-    go_version = "1.12.12",
+    go_version = "1.13.4",
 )
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/hack/lib/golang.sh b/hack/lib/golang.sh
index e9a5af98547..ca6858691ec 100755
--- a/hack/lib/golang.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/golang.sh
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ EOF
   local go_version
   IFS=" " read -ra go_version <<< "$(go version)"
   local minimum_go_version
-  minimum_go_version=go1.12.4
+  minimum_go_version=go1.13.4
   if [[ "${minimum_go_version}" != $(echo -e "${minimum_go_version}\n${go_version[2]}" | sort -s -t. -k 1,1 -k 2,2n -k 3,3n | head -n1) && "${go_version[2]}" != "devel" ]]; then
     kube::log::usage_from_stdin <<EOF
 Detected go version: ${go_version[*]}.
diff --git a/test/images/Makefile b/test/images/Makefile
index 9c566db63c1..2f1cd95af15 100644
--- a/test/images/Makefile
+++ b/test/images/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include  ../../hack/make-rules/Makefile.manifest
 REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/kubernetes-e2e-test-images
 GOARM ?= 7
 QEMUVERSION=v2.9.1
-GOLANG_VERSION=1.12.12
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.13.4
 export
 
 ifndef WHAT