diff --git a/shellcheck.sh b/shellcheck.sh
index 71e26ef..4a0a346 100755
--- a/shellcheck.sh
+++ b/shellcheck.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-shellcheck -e SC2153,SC2016 pre-commit sha256-update.sh update-golang.sh
+shellcheck -e SC2153,SC2016 shellcheck.sh pre-commit sha256-update.sh update-golang.sh
diff --git a/update-golang.sh b/update-golang.sh
index c8b71bb..0a82b01 100755
--- a/update-golang.sh
+++ b/update-golang.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ log_stdin() {
 release_list=https://golang.org/dl/
 source=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 destination=/usr/local
-release=1.11.3 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
+release=1.12.5 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
 arch_probe="uname -m"
 
 os=$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")
diff --git a/update-golang.sh.sha256 b/update-golang.sh.sha256
index f45f088..b134ae2 100644
--- a/update-golang.sh.sha256
+++ b/update-golang.sh.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e9606dec554bc9f5003b810c124ac2af8ba571a4154b234bcaae167f1f7e2b7a  update-golang.sh
+1c1d6699ea65b4ee213e32218bea25b1b1d52ab89e65b832200f65ab73109e3c  update-golang.sh