diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c2b3bbdd16..ad4ca5a168 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ jobs:
         - run:
             name: run localnet and exit on failure
             command: |
+              pushd /tmp
+              wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+              sudo tar -xvf go1.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+              sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
+              sudo mv go /usr/local
+              popd
               set -x
               make get_tools
               make get_vendor_deps