diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0e785faf..bb2b962f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ containerized-test: .test-container-id
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) inspect -f '{{.Id}}' $(CSI_IMAGE_NAME):test > .test-container-id
 
 image-cephcsi:
-	$(CONTAINER_CMD) build $(CPUSET) -t $(CSI_IMAGE) -f deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile . --build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=1.13.8 --build-arg CSI_IMAGE_NAME=$(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)
+	$(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)
 
 push-image-cephcsi: image-cephcsi
 	$(CONTAINER_CMD) tag $(CSI_IMAGE) $(CSI_IMAGE)-$(GOARCH)
diff --git a/build.env b/build.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fcdf0bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.env
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# build.env
+#
+# Environment file used by scripts and tools. All (default) versions used for
+# building, testing and deploying Ceph-CSI are listed here.
+#
+# The format should be source-able by shell scripts, but do not assume only
+# shell scripts consume this file. Variables that reference variables may not
+# get proporly expanded.
+#
+
+# standard Golang options
+GOLANG_VERSION=1.13.9
+GO111MODULE=on
diff --git a/deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile b/deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile
index de8da539d..c8438f768 100644
--- a/deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/cephcsi/image/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} as builder
 
 LABEL stage="build"
 
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.13.9
 ARG CSI_IMAGE_NAME=quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi
 ARG CSI_IMAGE_VERSION=canary
 ARG GO_ARCH
@@ -14,7 +13,10 @@ ARG SRC_DIR
 ARG GIT_COMMIT
 ARG GOROOT=/usr/local/go
 
-RUN mkdir -p ${GOROOT} && \
+COPY build.env /
+
+RUN source /build.env && \
+    mkdir -p ${GOROOT} && \
     curl https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-${GO_ARCH}.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C ${GOROOT} --strip-components=1
 
 RUN dnf install libcephfs-devel librados-devel librbd-devel /usr/bin/cc make -y
diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.devel b/scripts/Dockerfile.devel
index 4c998b735..0c1494ae4 100644
--- a/scripts/Dockerfile.devel
+++ b/scripts/Dockerfile.devel
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ ENV GOPATH=/go \
  GO111MODULE=on \
  PATH="${GOROOT}/bin:${GOPATH}/bin:${PATH}"
 
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/go && \
- curl https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.13.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C ${GOROOT} --strip-components=1
+COPY build.env /
+
+RUN source /build.env \
+    && mkdir -p /usr/local/go \
+    && curl https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C ${GOROOT} --strip-components=1
 
 RUN dnf -y install \
 	git \