diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 106df129..fba92a72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Run vet
         run: make tidy fmt vet
       - name: Check if working tree is dirty
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 735c23a1..db33fa59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           [ -n "${{ secrets.GITLAB_TOKEN }}" ] && export GITLAB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITLAB_TOKEN }} || echo "using default GITLAB_TOKEN"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
index a1ae9368..163e196f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17
+          go-version: 1.18
       - name: Download release notes utility
         env:
           GH_REL_URL: https://github.com/buchanae/github-release-notes/releases/download/0.2.0/github-release-notes-linux-amd64-0.2.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 48786816..9810c736 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ## How to run the test suite
 
 Prerequisites:
-* go >= 1.17
+* go >= 1.18
 
 To run `make test` for your fork/branch you need to supply the following environment variables: