diff --git a/build/cloudbuild.yaml b/build/cloudbuild.yaml
index 2e6f4b1a1b2..3d275511aee 100644
--- a/build/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/build/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ steps:
   args: [fetch, --tags, --depth=100]
 - name: "ubuntu"
   args: ["mkdir", "-p", "/workspace/_output/linux_amd64"]
-- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-linux:1.12.3"
+- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-linux:1.13.1"
   args: ["tar", "-xzvf", "/kubebuilder_linux_amd64.tar.gz"]
   dir: "_output/linux_amd64"
 - name: "ubuntu"
   args: ["mkdir", "-p", "/workspace/_output/darwin_amd64"]
-- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-darwin:1.12.3"
+- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-darwin:1.13.1"
   args: ["tar", "-xzvf", "/kubebuilder_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"]
   dir: "_output/darwin_amd64"
 - name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/goreleaser_with_go_1.11:0.0.1"
   args: ["bash", "build/build_kubebuilder.sh"]
   env:
-   - 'KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.12.3'
+   - 'KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.13.1'
   secretEnv: ['GITHUB_TOKEN']
 secrets:
 - kmsKeyName: projects/kubebuilder/locations/global/keyRings/kubebuilder-gh-tokens/cryptoKeys/gh-release-token
diff --git a/build/cloudbuild_snapshot.yaml b/build/cloudbuild_snapshot.yaml
index 0a291062759..1d0a5aabae6 100644
--- a/build/cloudbuild_snapshot.yaml
+++ b/build/cloudbuild_snapshot.yaml
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@
 steps:
 - name: "ubuntu"
   args: ["mkdir", "-p", "/workspace/_output/linux_amd64"]
-- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-linux:1.12.3"
+- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-linux:1.13.1"
   args: ["tar", "-xzvf", "/kubebuilder_linux_amd64.tar.gz"]
   dir: "_output/linux_amd64"
 - name: "ubuntu"
   args: ["mkdir", "-p", "/workspace/_output/darwin_amd64"]
-- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-darwin:1.12.3"
+- name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/thirdparty-darwin:1.13.1"
   args: ["tar", "-xzvf", "/kubebuilder_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"]
   dir: "_output/darwin_amd64"
 - name: "gcr.io/kubebuilder/goreleaser_with_go_1.11:0.0.1"
   args: ["bash", "build/build_kubebuilder.sh", "--snapshot"]
   env:
-   - 'KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.12.3'
+   - 'KUBERNETES_VERSION=1.13.1'
 - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gsutil'
   args: ['-h', 'Content-Type:application/gzip', 'cp', '-a', 'public-read', 'dist/kubebuilder_master_linux_amd64.tar.gz', 'gs://kubebuilder-release/kubebuilder_master_linux_amd64.tar.gz']
 - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/gsutil'
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 5972e2e76ce..e80cbae1422 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cd "$base_dir" || {
 }
 
 # k8s_version=1.11.0
-k8s_version=1.12.3
+k8s_version=1.13.1
 goarch=amd64
 goos="unknown"