diff --git a/examples/go/specs/env.yaml b/examples/go/specs/env.yaml
index 0b5bd87d..c5c9b140 100644
--- a/examples/go/specs/env.yaml
+++ b/examples/go/specs/env.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ spec:
   version: 2
   builder:
     command: build
-    image: fission/go-builder:0.6.0
+    image: fission/go-builder-1.12:1.5.0
   runtime:
-    image: fission/go-env:0.6.0
-
+    image: fission/go-env-1.12:1.5.0
diff --git a/examples/go/specs/function-hello.yaml b/examples/go/specs/function-hello.yaml
index a6da6abb..f53e92dd 100644
--- a/examples/go/specs/function-hello.yaml
+++ b/examples/go/specs/function-hello.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
   environment:
     name: go
     namespace: default
+  functionTimeout: 60
   package:
     functionName: Handler
     packageref:
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/spec.go b/pkg/fission-cli/spec.go
index 8c473253..e25f5d4a 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/spec.go
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func applyPackages(fclient *client.Client, fr *spec.FissionResources, delete boo
 				keep = true
 			}
 
-			if keep {
+			if keep && existingObj.Status.BuildStatus == fv1.BuildStatusSucceeded {
 				// nothing to do on the server
 				metadataMap[mapKey(&o.Metadata)] = existingObj.Metadata
 			} else {
@@ -760,6 +760,12 @@ func applyPackages(fclient *client.Client, fr *spec.FissionResources, delete boo
 				if err != nil {
 					// log and ignore
 					fmt.Printf("Error waiting for package '%v' build, ignoring\n", o.Metadata.Name)
+					pkg = &o
+				}
+
+				// update status in order to rebuild the package again
+				if pkg.Status.BuildStatus == fv1.BuildStatusFailed {
+					pkg.Status.BuildStatus = fv1.BuildStatusPending
 				}
 
 				newmeta, err := fclient.PackageUpdate(pkg)