diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 4512502b629..8e8b0a9335a 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.17.12
+1.18.5
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6125555c8c0..a4f9b4d338f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.17.12
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.5
 FROM circleci/golang:${GO_VERSION}
 
 
diff --git a/version/docs/version.asciidoc b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
index e33eb13d229..4a1ae4fd6ea 100644
--- a/version/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 :stack-version: 8.3.0
 :doc-branch: main
-:go-version: 1.17.12
+:go-version: 1.18.5
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12