diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 65097491d5f3..977712f351e3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - 1.7
+  - 1.11
 
 install:
   - export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:./_output/tools/etcd/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/hack/lib/constants.sh b/hack/lib/constants.sh
index 429c63ccec3e..fa8bcdff2638 100755
--- a/hack/lib/constants.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/constants.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 readonly OS_GO_PACKAGE=github.com/openshift/origin
 
-readonly OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG="${OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG:-1.10}"
+readonly OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG="${OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG:-1.11}"
 readonly OS_BUILD_ENV_IMAGE="${OS_BUILD_ENV_IMAGE:-openshift/origin-release:golang-${OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG}}"
 readonly OS_REQUIRED_GO_VERSION="go${OS_BUILD_ENV_GOLANG}"
 readonly OS_GLIDE_MINOR_VERSION="13"
diff --git a/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
index ec93ddd484f0..68601874dc51 100644
--- a/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # It builds an image containing the Mac version of the installer layered on top of the
 # Linux installer image.
 
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN OS_RELEASE_WITHOUT_LINKS=y OS_BUILD_RELEASE_ARCHIVES=n OS_ONLY_BUILD_PLATFORMS="^(darwin|windows)/amd64$" bash -x hack/build-cross.sh
diff --git a/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
index e10911d71a4f..38b68764b3e2 100644
--- a/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=cmd/oc; \
diff --git a/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile.rhel
index a61fefbdd8dd..6956eb6d90fe 100644
--- a/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/hyperkube; \
diff --git a/images/hypershift/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/hypershift/Dockerfile.rhel
index 10586c2a431a..76ba3b3d82ba 100644
--- a/images/hypershift/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/hypershift/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=cmd/hypershift; \
diff --git a/images/sdn/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/sdn/Dockerfile.rhel
index e3fd69933697..d3bb30103f83 100644
--- a/images/sdn/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/sdn/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=" \
diff --git a/images/template-service-broker/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/template-service-broker/Dockerfile.rhel
index 2ab7890f2684..9432cc17cb77 100644
--- a/images/template-service-broker/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/template-service-broker/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=cmd/template-service-broker; \
diff --git a/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
index 90e4c5361f45..d81d51322f54 100644
--- a/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/tests/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.10 AS builder
+FROM registry.svc.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:golang-1.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/origin
 COPY . .
 RUN make build WHAT=cmd/openshift-tests; \
diff --git a/origin.spec b/origin.spec
index 3751cf07f7bd..3250eb43bc63 100644
--- a/origin.spec
+++ b/origin.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %global gopath      %{_datadir}/gocode
 %global import_path github.com/openshift/origin
 
-%global golang_version 1.10
+%global golang_version 1.11
 # %commit and %os_git_vars are intended to be set by tito custom builders provided
 # in the .tito/lib directory. The values in this spec file will not be kept up to date.
 %{!?commit: