diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b7f7874e1..18d154590 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ language: go
 go:
 - 1.10.x
 - 1.11.x
+- 1.12.x
 
 env:
   global:
@@ -11,9 +12,8 @@ env:
   - KAFKA_HOSTNAME=localhost
   - DEBUG=true
   matrix:
-  - KAFKA_VERSION=1.1.1 KAFKA_SCALA_VERSION=2.11
   - KAFKA_VERSION=2.0.1 KAFKA_SCALA_VERSION=2.12
-  - KAFKA_VERSION=2.1.0 KAFKA_SCALA_VERSION=2.12
+  - KAFKA_VERSION=2.1.1 KAFKA_SCALA_VERSION=2.12
 
 before_install:
 - export REPOSITORY_ROOT=${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ script:
 - make test
 - make vet
 - make errcheck
-- if [[ "$TRAVIS_GO_VERSION" == 1.11* ]]; then make fmt; fi
+- if [[ "$TRAVIS_GO_VERSION" == 1.12* ]]; then make fmt; fi
 
 after_success:
 - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f241b89c5..32fdd2ef6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ You might also want to look at the [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.c
 Sarama provides a "2 releases + 2 months" compatibility guarantee: we support
 the two latest stable releases of Kafka and Go, and we provide a two month
 grace period for older releases. This means we currently officially support
-Go 1.8 through 1.11, and Kafka 1.0 through 2.0, although older releases are
+Go 1.10 through 1.12, and Kafka 2.0 through 2.2, although older releases are
 still likely to work.
 
 Sarama follows semantic versioning and provides API stability via the gopkg.in service.
diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index 97eed3ad9..3f4d569e1 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: sarama
 
 up:
   - go:
-      version: '1.11'
+      version: '1.12'
 
 commands:
   test: