diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7ce225f13..604f20f8b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RPM_VERSION ?= $(DEB_VERSION)
 RPM_REVISION ?= 0
 
 # used by hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh and KVM_BUILD_IMAGE, see also BUILD_IMAGE below
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.15.8
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.16.0
 
 INSTALL_SIZE ?= $(shell du out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe | cut -f1)
 BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2020.02.10
@@ -44,13 +44,7 @@ COMMIT ?= $(if $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no),"${COMMIT_NO
 COMMIT_SHORT = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || true)
 HYPERKIT_BUILD_IMAGE 	?= karalabe/xgo-1.12.x
 
-# NOTE: "latest" as of 2021-02-06. kube-cross images aren't updated as often as Kubernetes
-# https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/build/build-image/cross/VERSION
-#
-# TODO: See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/10276
-#BUILD_IMAGE 	?= us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/build-image/kube-cross:v$(GO_VERSION)-1
-BUILD_IMAGE 	?= golang:1.16.0-buster
-#
+BUILD_IMAGE 	?= us.gcr.io/k8s-artifacts-prod/build-image/kube-cross:v$(GO_VERSION)-1
 
 ISO_BUILD_IMAGE ?= $(REGISTRY)/buildroot-image
 KVM_BUILD_IMAGE ?= $(REGISTRY)/kvm-build-image:$(GO_VERSION)