diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index befad1f0..67340358 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dist: xenial
 language: go
 
 go:
-- "1.12.x"
+- "1.13.x"
 go_import_path: github.com/coreos/kube-prometheus
 
 cache:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ba959b05..af6b145e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/coreos/kube-prometheus
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/Jeffail/gabs v1.2.0