diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4892257dc..859e283c7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ git:
 language: go
 
 go:
-  - "1.12"
+  - "1.13"
 
 go_import_path: sigs.k8s.io/kustomize
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/execPluginGuidedExample.md b/docs/plugins/execPluginGuidedExample.md
index b264cf59c..db0722da8 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/execPluginGuidedExample.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/execPluginGuidedExample.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ current setup.
 
 #### requirements
 
- * linux, git, curl, Go 1.12
+ * linux, git, curl, Go 1.13
 
 
 ## Make a place to work
@@ -226,4 +226,3 @@ Above, if you had set
 
 there would be no need to use `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` in the
 _kustomize_ command above.
-
diff --git a/docs/plugins/goPluginGuidedExample.md b/docs/plugins/goPluginGuidedExample.md
index 823c3fac4..f1b4cf81c 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/goPluginGuidedExample.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/goPluginGuidedExample.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ current setup.
 
 #### requirements
 
-* linux, git, curl, Go 1.12
+* linux, git, curl, Go 1.13
 
 For encryption
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ dependency [skew].
 On load failure
 
  * be sure to build the plugin with the same
-   version of Go (_go1.12_) on the same `$GOOS`
+   version of Go (_go1.13_) on the same `$GOOS`
    (_linux_) and `$GOARCH` (_amd64_) used to build
    the kustomize being [used in this demo].
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdeeb5389..dac8042e7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
diff --git a/internal/tools/go.mod b/internal/tools/go.mod
index 7226cd564..510a88f83 100644
--- a/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/internal/tools
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v6 v6.8.2
diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index b68675be1..c4b1d7d07 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
diff --git a/pluginator/go.mod b/pluginator/go.mod
index 6701aa530..71f9b9ff3 100644
--- a/pluginator/go.mod
+++ b/pluginator/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pluginator
 
-go 1.12
+go 1.13
 
 require sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3 v3.2.0