diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
index d3ec13ebf7e..6b7db4fc10d 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN for platform in ${KUBE_CROSSPLATFORMS}; do GOOS=${platform%/*} GOARCH=${plat
 
 # Install g++, then download and install protoc for generating protobuf output
 RUN apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y g++ rsync apt-utils file patch \
+  && apt-get install -y g++ rsync jq apt-utils file patch \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/src/protobuf \
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ RUN echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main universe" > /etc/apt/
 
 # work around 64MB tmpfs size in Docker 1.6
 ENV TMPDIR /tmp.k8s
-
-# Get the code coverage tool, goimports, and godep
 RUN mkdir $TMPDIR \
   && chmod a+rwx $TMPDIR \
-  && chmod o+t $TMPDIR \
-  && go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover \
-            golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports \
-            github.com/tools/godep
+  && chmod o+t $TMPDIR
+
+# Get the code coverage tool and goimports
+RUN go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover \
+            golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
 
 # Download and symlink etcd. We need this for our integration tests.
 RUN export ETCD_VERSION=v3.0.17; \
diff --git a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
index 490e779dc9b..25308d3ee1e 100644
--- a/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
+++ b/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.8.3-1
+v1.8.3-2