diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a69a3f27..10aba574 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG BASE_IMAGE_FULL
 ARG BASE_IMAGE_MINIMAL
 # Build the manager biinary
-FROM golang:1.17.6-buster as builder
+FROM golang:1.18.0-buster as builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 60857d33..9762c719 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery-operator
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
-)
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c8b0b18..ed8f204d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1184,3 +1184,4 @@ sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 h1:a2VclLzOGrwOHDiV8EfBGhvjHvP46CtW5j6POvhYGGo=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0/go.mod h1:GeOyir5tyXNByN85N/dRIT9es5UQNerPYEKK56eTBm8=
+