diff --git a/update-golang.sh b/update-golang.sh
index c01abaf..6d625c7 100755
--- a/update-golang.sh
+++ b/update-golang.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ log_stdin() {
 release_list=https://golang.org/doc/devel/release.html
 source=https://storage.googleapis.com/golang
 destination=/usr/local
-release=1.10.1
+release=1.11.1 ;# just the default. the script detects the latest available release.
 profiled=/etc/profile.d/golang_path.sh
 arch_probe="uname -m"
 
diff --git a/update-golang.sh.sha256 b/update-golang.sh.sha256
index 1509ad2..f9f8ca9 100644
--- a/update-golang.sh.sha256
+++ b/update-golang.sh.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-33c45171eaf873d4f60ff539345b9b16981e3a5e0063a2d71aec10bfc63b4bef  update-golang.sh
+3f37a555c04544226a4b03d9a4551596fe5e7e566962ca93d4b609b2f5d47321  update-golang.sh