diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cfeffe8e55..d02dfa0b49 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/containers/libpod
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1