diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b8ea10..beaa605 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ unittest:
 	$(GO) test ./... -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
 
 lint:
-	@which golangci-lint >/dev/null || echo "WARNING: go linter not installed. To install, run\n  curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b \$$(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.42.1"
+	@which golangci-lint >/dev/null || echo "WARNING: go linter not installed. To install, run\n  curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b \$$(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.46.2"
 	@if [ "z${ARCH}" = "zx86_64" ] && which golangci-lint >/dev/null ; then golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ; else echo "WARNING: Linting skipped (not on x86_64 or linter not installed)"; fi
 
 test: unittest lint
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b1d9203..7510054 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/edgexfoundry/go-mod-registry/v2
 
+go 1.18
+
 require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.13.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
@@ -24,5 +26,3 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
-
-go 1.17