diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 3463e4e091..30f4593cf3 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ environment:
       PATH: C:\msys64\mingw32\bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\;%PATH%
 
 install:
+  - git submodule update --init
   - rmdir C:\go /s /q
-  - appveyor DownloadFile https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.4.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip
-  - 7z x go1.7.4.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip -y -oC:\ > NUL
+  - appveyor DownloadFile https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.11.2.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip
+  - 7z x go1.11.2.windows-%GETH_ARCH%.zip -y -oC:\ > NUL
   - go version
   - gcc --version
 
@@ -36,4 +37,4 @@ after_build:
 
 test_script:
   - set CGO_ENABLED=1
-  - go run build\ci.go test -vet -coverage
+  - go run build\ci.go test -coverage