diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index 46d8010b6..8cbfaddc8 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.17-openshift-4.11
+  tag: rhel-8-release-golang-1.18-openshift-4.11
diff --git a/Dockerfile.openshift b/Dockerfile.openshift
index 4a9cb7652..24fcdf901 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openshift
+++ b/Dockerfile.openshift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.17-openshift-4.11 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.18-openshift-4.11 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-resizer
 COPY . .
 RUN make build