diff --git a/kubernetes/chartmuseum/centos/chartmuseum.spec b/kubernetes/chartmuseum/centos/chartmuseum.spec
index 7877f1e8b..f740c86ae 100644
--- a/kubernetes/chartmuseum/centos/chartmuseum.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/chartmuseum/centos/chartmuseum.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ URL: https://github.com/helm/chartmuseum
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(systemd)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libseccomp)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsystemd-journal)
-BuildRequires: golang >= 1.10.0
+
+# Build with our own prefered golang, not 1.11 from CentOS
+# BuildRequires: golang >= 1.10.0
+BuildRequires: golang >= 1.13.0
+
 BuildRequires: rsync
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
 BuildRequires: go-bindata
diff --git a/kubernetes/containerd/centos/containerd.spec b/kubernetes/containerd/centos/containerd.spec
index d567e3fc3..67f8cfe3b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/containerd/centos/containerd.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/containerd/centos/containerd.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ Packager: StarlingX
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(systemd)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libseccomp)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsystemd-journal)
-BuildRequires: golang >= 1.12.16
+
+# Build with our own prefered golang
+# BuildRequires: golang >= 1.12.16
+BuildRequires: golang >= 1.13
+
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: rsync
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ rm -rf %{CONTAINERD_DIR}
 mkdir -p %{CONTAINERD_DIR}
 cp -a %{_builddir}/src/containerd/* %{CONTAINERD_DIR}/
 pushd %{CONTAINERD_DIR}
+go env -w GO111MODULE=auto
 make
 popd
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/docker-distribution/centos/docker-distribution.spec b/kubernetes/docker-distribution/centos/docker-distribution.spec
index 1dd95f3d6..aadbc3470 100644
--- a/kubernetes/docker-distribution/centos/docker-distribution.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/docker-distribution/centos/docker-distribution.spec
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ Obsoletes: docker-registry <= 0.9.1-5
 
 # e.g. el6 has ppc64 arch without gcc-go, so EA tag is required
 ExclusiveArch:  %{?go_arches:%{go_arches}}%{!?go_arches:%{ix86} x86_64 %{arm}}
+
 # If go_compiler is not set to 1, there is no virtual provide. Use golang instead.
-BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang}
+# Build with our own prefered golang, not 1.11 from CentOS
+# BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang}
+BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang >= 1.13}
 
 %description
 %{summary}
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ sed -i 's/elliptic.P224(), //' vendor/golang.org/x/crypto/ocsp/ocsp.go
 mkdir -p src/github.com/%{project}
 ln -s ../../../ src/%{import_path}
 export GOPATH=$(pwd):$(pwd)/Godeps/_workspace:%{gopath}
+go env -w GO111MODULE=auto
 %gobuild -o bin/registry %{import_path}/cmd/registry
 
 %install
diff --git a/kubernetes/etcd/centos/etcd.spec b/kubernetes/etcd/centos/etcd.spec
index 14908d85a..f284e4339 100644
--- a/kubernetes/etcd/centos/etcd.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/etcd/centos/etcd.spec
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ Source2:	%{system_name}.conf
 
 # e.g. el6 has ppc64 arch without gcc-go, so EA tag is required
 ExclusiveArch:  %{?go_arches:%{go_arches}}%{!?go_arches:x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le s390x}
+
 # If go_compiler is not set to 1, there is no virtual provide. Use golang instead.
-BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang}
+# Build with our own prefered golang, not 1.11 from CentOS
+# BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang}
+BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang >= 1.13}
 
 Obsoletes: etcd3 < 3.0.15
 Provides: etcd3 = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ mkdir -p src/github.com/coreos
 ln -s ../../../ src/github.com/coreos/etcd
 
 export GOPATH=$(pwd):$(pwd)/Godeps/_workspace:%{gopath}
+go env -w GO111MODULE=auto
 
 export LDFLAGS="-X %{import_path}/version.GitSHA=%{shortcommit} -B 0x$(head -c20 /dev/urandom|od -An -tx1|tr -d ' \n')"
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
index 96a95faa8..fb45903cc 100644
--- a/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/kubernetes/centos/kubernetes.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 %global kube_version            1.18.1
 %global kube_git_version        v%{kube_version}
 
+%global go_version              1.13.9
+%global go_path                 /usr/lib/golang-%{go_version}-%{go_version}/bin
+
 # Needed otherwise "version_ldflags=$(kube::version_ldflags)" doesn't work
 %global _buildshell  /bin/bash
 %global _checkshell  /bin/bash
@@ -765,7 +768,7 @@ building other packages which use %{project}/%{repo}.
 Summary: %{summary} - for running unit tests
 
 # below Rs used for testing
-Requires: golang >= 1.13.4
+Requires: golang-%{go_version}
 Requires: etcd >= 2.0.9
 Requires: hostname
 Requires: rsync
@@ -778,7 +781,8 @@ Requires: NetworkManager
 %package master
 Summary: Kubernetes services for master host
 
-BuildRequires: golang >= 1.13.4
+# Build with the recommended golang for this Kubernetes version
+BuildRequires: golang-%{go_version}
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: rsync
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
@@ -802,7 +806,7 @@ Requires: docker-ce
 %endif
 Requires: conntrack-tools
 
-BuildRequires: golang >=  1.13.4
+BuildRequires: golang-%{go_version}
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: rsync
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
@@ -828,7 +832,7 @@ Kubernetes tool for standing up clusters
 %package client
 Summary: Kubernetes client tools
 
-BuildRequires: golang >= 1.13.4
+BuildRequires: golang-%{go_version}
 BuildRequires: go-bindata
 
 %description client
@@ -873,6 +877,7 @@ mv $(ls | grep -v "^src$") src/k8s.io/kubernetes/.
 ###############
 
 %build
+export PATH=%{go_path}:$PATH
 export PBR_VERSION=%{version}
 pushd src/k8s.io/kubernetes/
 export KUBE_GIT_TREE_STATE="clean"
@@ -880,6 +885,9 @@ export KUBE_GIT_COMMIT=%{commit}
 export KUBE_GIT_VERSION=%{kube_git_version}
 export KUBE_EXTRA_GOPATH=$(pwd)/Godeps/_workspace
 
+# Verify the go version we will build against
+go version
+
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1392922#c1
 %ifarch ppc64le
 export GOLDFLAGS='-linkmode=external'
diff --git a/kubernetes/plugins/isolcpus-device-plugin/centos/isolcpus-device-plugin.spec b/kubernetes/plugins/isolcpus-device-plugin/centos/isolcpus-device-plugin.spec
index c10020e00..18eabe739 100644
--- a/kubernetes/plugins/isolcpus-device-plugin/centos/isolcpus-device-plugin.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/plugins/isolcpus-device-plugin/centos/isolcpus-device-plugin.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ URL: unknown
 BuildArch: x86_64 
 Source: %name-%version.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: golang
+# Build with our own prefered golang, not 1.11 from CentOS
+# BuildRequires: golang
+BuildRequires: golang >= 1.13
+
 BuildRequires: systemd
 Requires: kubernetes-node
 Summary: Kubernetes device plugin for isolcpus