diff --git a/update-golang.sh b/update-golang.sh
index 52da354..e10dbfc 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=1.12.7 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
+release=1.13 ;# 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 086197c..739357c 100644
--- a/update-golang.sh.sha256
+++ b/update-golang.sh.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1fc727b00f17c8a1181f32e77f8e3f05199889f1213e9c62e301c8732be01015  update-golang.sh
+14abf3b8d5c4048aba6e096f5493db7a97c50e05443076d75b28bb79265e2dd3  update-golang.sh