diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sql_batch_reader.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sql_batch_reader.go
index 5e7fbde1afef7..92f32971e2705 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sql_batch_reader.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sql_batch_reader.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 package example
 
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_info.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_info.go
index e4dcd160b0aca..e8395a6b33cf1 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_info.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_info.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 package example
 
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_server.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_server.go
index 5d2599b52c09f..0d4c4ea99da37 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_server.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_server.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 // Package example contains a FlightSQL Server implementation using
 // sqlite as the backing engine.
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 // package, it's easy to swap them out if desired as the modernc.org/sqlite
 // package is slower than go-sqlite3.
 //
-// One other important note is that modernc.org/sqlite only works in go
-// 1.17+ so this entire package is given the build constraint to only
-// build when using go1.17 or higher
+// One other important note is that modernc.org/sqlite only works
+// correctly (specifically pragma_table_info) in go 1.18+ so this
+// entire package is given the build constraint to only build when
+// using go1.18 or higher
 package example
 
 import (
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_tables_schema_batch_reader.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_tables_schema_batch_reader.go
index 851b301c7482f..a53e36828c4c0 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_tables_schema_batch_reader.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/sqlite_tables_schema_batch_reader.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 package example
 
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/type_info.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/type_info.go
index dcba42b1f847b..d9bdca21e02db 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/type_info.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/example/type_info.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 package example
 
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/sqlite_server_test.go b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/sqlite_server_test.go
index 28d0079cd67df..15f8271ca2b09 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/sqlite_server_test.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/flightsql/sqlite_server_test.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build go1.17
-// +build go1.17
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
 
 package flightsql_test