diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 9114a4b6dd..b22ab0dcb7 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER
+ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER=golang:latest
 
 FROM nginx:1.17.7 AS base
 
diff --git a/build/DockerfileForAlpine b/build/DockerfileForAlpine
index 2dd50fee19..2da87e7d0d 100644
--- a/build/DockerfileForAlpine
+++ b/build/DockerfileForAlpine
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER
+ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER=golang:latest
 
 FROM nginx:1.17.7-alpine AS base
 
diff --git a/build/DockerfileForPlus b/build/DockerfileForPlus
index a78b733257..d681c3b352 100644
--- a/build/DockerfileForPlus
+++ b/build/DockerfileForPlus
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER
+ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER=golang:latest
 
 FROM debian:stretch-slim AS base
 
diff --git a/build/DockerfileWithOpentracing b/build/DockerfileWithOpentracing
index fa58a678dd..1bce08c223 100644
--- a/build/DockerfileWithOpentracing
+++ b/build/DockerfileWithOpentracing
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.17.7
 ARG OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION=1.5.1
-ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER
+ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER=golang:latest
 
 FROM nginx:${NGINX_VERSION} AS opentracing-builder
 ARG OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION
diff --git a/build/DockerfileWithOpentracingForPlus b/build/DockerfileWithOpentracingForPlus
index dc94581dd8..f6228538a9 100644
--- a/build/DockerfileWithOpentracingForPlus
+++ b/build/DockerfileWithOpentracingForPlus
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ENV NGINX_PLUS_VERSION 20-1~stretch
 ENV NGINX_OPENTRACING_MODULE_VERSION 20+0.9.0-1~stretch
 
 ARG IC_VERSION
-ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER
+ARG GOLANG_CONTAINER=golang:latest
 
 # Download certificate and key from the customer portal (https://cs.nginx.com)
 # and copy to the build context