diff --git a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
index 5f3d6871..c92864e5 100644
--- a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 # install Julia packages in /opt/julia instead of $HOME
 ENV JULIA_DEPOT_PATH=/opt/julia
 ENV JULIA_PKGDIR=/opt/julia
-ENV JULIA_VERSION=1.1.1
+ENV JULIA_VERSION=1.2.0
 
 RUN mkdir /opt/julia-${JULIA_VERSION} && \
     cd /tmp && \
     wget -q https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/`echo ${JULIA_VERSION} | cut -d. -f 1,2`/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
-    echo "f0a83a139a89a2ccf2316814e5ee1c0c809fca02cbaf4baf3c1fd8eb71594f06 *julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
+    echo "926ced5dec5d726ed0d2919e849ff084a320882fb67ab048385849f9483afc47 *julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
     tar xzf julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt/julia-${JULIA_VERSION} --strip-components=1 && \
     rm /tmp/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
 RUN ln -fs /opt/julia-*/bin/julia /usr/local/bin/julia