diff --git a/mint/preinstall.sh b/mint/preinstall.sh
index 52c56c218..3552a5688 100755
--- a/mint/preinstall.sh
+++ b/mint/preinstall.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $APT update
 $APT install gnupg ca-certificates
 
 # download and install golang
-GO_VERSION="1.14.3"
+GO_VERSION="1.13.12"
 GO_INSTALL_PATH="/usr/local"
 download_url="https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 if ! $WGET --output-document=- "$download_url" | tar -C "${GO_INSTALL_PATH}" -zxf -; then