diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a29ad8789..741fdba1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
+        go-version: [1.17.x, 1.18.x]
         goarch: [386, amd64, arm, arm64, ppc64le, s390x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest] #, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 81b34a0c2..991b2b433 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.15.x
+          go-version: 1.17.x
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2b2c96eb2..d2576819c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
+        go-version: [1.17.x, 1.18.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile b/images/Dockerfile
index 6b0ea31bf..e37bfc0ae 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17.1 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.arm32 b/images/Dockerfile.arm32
index f8e953eef..3b26b26a1 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.arm32
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.arm32
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17.1 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.arm64 b/images/Dockerfile.arm64
index 3a3cd916c..89eb8bb60 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.arm64
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.arm64
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17.1 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.ppc64le b/images/Dockerfile.ppc64le
index caf0a6431..f40c0e59f 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.ppc64le
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.ppc64le
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17.1 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.s390x b/images/Dockerfile.s390x
index 731c2a9b0..8736584eb 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.s390x
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.s390x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni
diff --git a/images/Dockerfile.thick b/images/Dockerfile.thick
index b359ac111..6068c6f53 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile.thick
+++ b/images/Dockerfile.thick
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This Dockerfile is used to build the image available on DockerHub
-FROM golang:1.17.1 as build
+FROM golang:1.17.9 as build
 
 # Add everything
 ADD . /usr/src/multus-cni