diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index faaecfe365..6f1052078d 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 ! test/test-config.sh
 ! hack/copy-modules-license.sh
 ! vendor/**
+! go.mod
+! go.sum
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 83ad8c3355..effb5fe3a6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ARG SWUPD_UPDATE_ARG
 ARG NDCTL_VERSION="67"
 ARG NDCTL_CONFIGFLAGS="--disable-docs --without-systemd --without-bash"
 ARG NDCTL_BUILD_DEPS="os-core-dev devpkg-util-linux devpkg-kmod devpkg-json-c"
-ARG GO_VERSION="1.12.9"
+ARG GO_VERSION="1.13.4"
 
 #pull dependencies required for downloading and building libndctl
 ARG CACHEBUST
@@ -78,11 +78,9 @@ FROM build as binaries
 
 # build pmem-csi-driver
 ARG VERSION="unknown"
-# Beware that this copying is filtered with .dockerignore!
-ADD . /go/src/github.com/intel/pmem-csi
-ENV GOPATH=/go
+ADD . /src/pmem-csi
 ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
-WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/intel/pmem-csi
+WORKDIR /src/pmem-csi
 ARG BIN_SUFFIX
 # Here we choose explicitly which binaries we want in the image and in
 # which flavor (production or testing). The actual binary name in the
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 69044661f3..adfde0cae0 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ pipeline {
         /* last version before the 1.14 update in 28630 */
         CLEAR_LINUX_VERSION_1_13 = "28620"
 
-        PMEM_PATH = "/go/src/github.com/intel/pmem-csi"
+        // path for placing the source to build outside of GOROOT
+        PMEM_PATH = "/src/pmem-csi"
         REGISTRY_NAME = "cloud-native-image-registry.westus.cloudapp.azure.com"
 
         // Per-branch build environment, marked as "do not promote to public registry".