diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index dbe6cb740..a70f61c7c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ workspace:
 
 pipeline:
   test:
-    image: golang:1.8
+    image: golang:1.12.4
     commands:
       - go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover
       - go get -u golang.org/x/net/context
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pipeline:
       - go test -cover $(go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 
   test_postgres:
-    image: golang:1.8
+    image: golang:1.12.4
     environment:
       - DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres
       - DATABASE_CONFIG=host=postgres user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pipeline:
       - go test github.com/laszlocph/drone-oss-08/store/datastore
 
   test_mysql:
-    image: golang:1.8
+    image: golang:1.12.4
     environment:
       - DATABASE_DRIVER=mysql
       - DATABASE_CONFIG=root@tcp(mysql:3306)/test?parseTime=true
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pipeline:
       - go test github.com/laszlocph/drone-oss-08/store/datastore
 
   build:
-    image: golang:1.8
+    image: golang:1.12.4
     commands: sh .drone.sh
     when:
       event: [ push, tag ]