diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ae88aab6..372f7a827 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,22 @@ matrix:
         - go run build/ci.go install
         - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
 
-    # These are the latest Go versions.
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
       sudo: required
       go: 1.10.x
+      script:
+      - sudo modprobe fuse
+      - sudo chmod 666 /dev/fuse
+      - sudo chown root:$USER /etc/fuse.conf
+      - go run build/ci.go install
+      - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
+
+    # These are the latest Go versions.
+    - os: linux
+      dist: trusty
+      sudo: required
+      go: 1.11.x
       script:
         - sudo modprobe fuse
         - sudo chmod 666 /dev/fuse
@@ -27,7 +38,7 @@ matrix:
         - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
 
     - os: osx
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       script:
         - unset -f cd # workaround for https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/8703
         - go run build/ci.go install
@@ -36,7 +47,7 @@ matrix:
     # This builder only tests code linters on latest version of Go
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - lint
       git:
@@ -47,7 +58,7 @@ matrix:
     # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA upload
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - ubuntu-ppa
       git:
@@ -66,7 +77,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
       sudo: required
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - azure-linux
       git:
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ matrix:
       dist: trusty
       services:
         - docker
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - azure-linux-mips
       git:
@@ -144,7 +155,7 @@ matrix:
       git:
         submodules: false # avoid cloning ethereum/tests
       before_install:
-        - curl https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.10.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz
+        - curl https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz
         - export PATH=`pwd`/go/bin:$PATH
         - export GOROOT=`pwd`/go
         - export GOPATH=$HOME/go
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ matrix:
 
     # This builder does the OSX Azure, iOS CocoaPods and iOS Azure uploads
     - os: osx
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - azure-osx
         - azure-ios
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ matrix:
     # This builder does the Azure archive purges to avoid accumulating junk
     - os: linux
       dist: trusty
-      go: 1.10.x
+      go: 1.11.x
       env:
         - azure-purge
       git:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index edf5a0602..e87dd35d3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build Geth in a stock Go builder container
-FROM golang:1.10-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.11-alpine as builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache make gcc musl-dev linux-headers
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alltools b/Dockerfile.alltools
index e54e107bf..e984a1b09 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alltools
+++ b/Dockerfile.alltools
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build Geth in a stock Go builder container
-FROM golang:1.10-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.11-alpine as builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache make gcc musl-dev linux-headers
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 05ff92cf3..b056cb3fd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ environment:
 install:
   - git submodule update --init
   - rmdir C:\go /s /q
-  - appveyor DownloadFile https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.10.3.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip
-  - 7z x go1.10.3.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip -y -oC:\ > NUL
+  - appveyor DownloadFile https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.11.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip
+  - 7z x go1.11.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip -y -oC:\ > NUL
   - go version
   - gcc --version
 
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules
index 7f286569e..98e2ab030 100644
--- a/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum-swarm/deb.rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.10/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
+	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.11/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 
diff --git a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
index 7f286569e..98e2ab030 100644
--- a/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
+++ b/build/deb/ethereum/deb.rules
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.10/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
+	build/env.sh /usr/lib/go-1.11/bin/go run build/ci.go install -git-commit={{.Env.Commit}} -git-branch={{.Env.Branch}} -git-tag={{.Env.Tag}} -buildnum={{.Env.Buildnum}} -pull-request={{.Env.IsPullRequest}}
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 
diff --git a/internal/build/util.go b/internal/build/util.go
index f99ee8396..195bdb404 100644
--- a/internal/build/util.go
+++ b/internal/build/util.go
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ func CopyFile(dst, src string, mode os.FileMode) {
 // so that go commands executed by build use the same version of Go as the 'host' that runs
 // build code. e.g.
 //
-//     /usr/lib/go-1.8/bin/go run build/ci.go ...
+//     /usr/lib/go-1.11/bin/go run build/ci.go ...
 //
-// runs using go 1.8 and invokes go 1.8 tools from the same GOROOT. This is also important
+// runs using go 1.11 and invokes go 1.11 tools from the same GOROOT. This is also important
 // because runtime.Version checks on the host should match the tools that are run.
 func GoTool(tool string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 	args = append([]string{tool}, args...)