diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c92cc009d..4009b62af 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ branches:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - GOLANGCI_VERSION=v1.21.0
     - GO111MODULE=on
     - GOSEC_VERSION=2.0.0
     - TEST_COVERAGE=stdout
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         - pip install --user --upgrade pip
         - pip install --user yamllint
         # install golangci-lint
+        - export GOLANGCI_VERSION=$(source build.env ; echo ${GOLANGCI_VERSION})
         - curl -sf
           "https://install.goreleaser.com/github.com/golangci/golangci-lint.sh"
           | bash -s -- -b $GOPATH/bin "${GOLANGCI_VERSION}"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bb2b962f8..9a5c0de1d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ containerized-test: .test-container-id
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) inspect -f '{{.Id}}' $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):devel > .devel-container-id
 
 # create a (cached) container image with dependencied for testing cephcsi
-.test-container-id: scripts/Dockerfile.test
+.test-container-id: build.env scripts/Dockerfile.test
 	[ ! -f .test-container-id ] || $(CONTAINER_CMD) rmi $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):test
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) build $(CPUSET) -t $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):test -f ./scripts/Dockerfile.test .
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) inspect -f '{{.Id}}' $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):test > .test-container-id
 
 image-cephcsi:
-	$(CONTAINER_CMD) build $(CPUSET) -t $(CSI_IMAGE) -f deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile . --build-arg CSI_IMAGE_NAME=$(CSI_IMAGE_NAME) --build-arg CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=$(CSI_IMAGE_VERSION) --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=$(GIT_COMMIT) --build-arg --build-arg GO_ARCH=$(GOARCH) $(BASE_IMAGE_ARG)
+	$(CONTAINER_CMD) build $(CPUSET) -t $(CSI_IMAGE) -f deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile . --build-arg CSI_IMAGE_NAME=$(CSI_IMAGE_NAME) --build-arg CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=$(CSI_IMAGE_VERSION) --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=$(GIT_COMMIT) --build-arg GO_ARCH=$(GOARCH) $(BASE_IMAGE_ARG)
 
 push-image-cephcsi: image-cephcsi
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) tag $(CSI_IMAGE) $(CSI_IMAGE)-$(GOARCH)
diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
index 6fcdf0bba..408b95f2d 100644
--- a/build.env
+++ b/build.env
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 # standard Golang options
 GOLANG_VERSION=1.13.9
 GO111MODULE=on
+
+# static checks and linters
+GOLANGCI_VERSION=v1.21.0
diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.test b/scripts/Dockerfile.test
index 9f7e133a9..d67d6645f 100644
--- a/scripts/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/scripts/Dockerfile.test
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 FROM fedora:latest
 
-ARG GOLANGCI_VERSION=v1.21.0
 ARG GOSEC_VERSION=2.0.0
 ARG GOPATH=/go
 
@@ -19,7 +18,10 @@ ENV \
  GO111MODULE=on \
  PATH="${GOPATH}/bin:/opt/commitlint/node_modules/.bin:${PATH}"
 
-RUN dnf -y install \
+COPY build.env /
+
+RUN source /build.env \
+    && dnf -y install \
 	git \
 	make \
 	golang \