diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
index 7ae372140963..30875cfeed81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.11.nix
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   disallowedReferences = [ go_bootstrap ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    branch = "1.9";
+    branch = "1.11";
     homepage = http://golang.org/;
     description = "The Go Programming language";
     license = licenses.bsd3;