diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb2ac2f61d8c1f3545cc95178953032256385ef4..28c4b7334c0b4e6653dc0e661097550e8235fa4c 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ VERSION ?= v$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)
 DEB_VERSION ?= $(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)
 RPM_VERSION ?= $(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)
 INSTALL_SIZE ?= $(shell du out/minikube-windows-amd64.exe | cut -f1)
-BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2018.05
+BUILDROOT_BRANCH ?= 2018.05.3
 REGISTRY?=gcr.io/k8s-minikube
 
 HYPERKIT_BUILD_IMAGE 	?= karalabe/xgo-1.12.x