diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9a41864b..b96ff288 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
   # If you change this value, please change it in the following files as well:
   # /Dockerfile
   # /dev.Dockerfile
-  GO_VERSION: 1.17.6
+  GO_VERSION: 1.18
 
 jobs:
   frontend:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go_version: [1.16.x]
+        go_version: [1.18.x]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dee0b289..edba284d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache --update alpine-sdk \
 # If you change this value, please also update:
 # /dev.Dockerfile
 # /.github/workflows/main.yml
-FROM golang:1.17.6-alpine as golangbuilder
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as golangbuilder
 
 # Instead of checking out from git again, we just copy the whole working
 # directory of the previous stage that includes the generated static assets.
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index d2c7ebe4..c20ea1f8 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN cd /go/src/github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/app \
 # If you change this value, please also update:
 # /Dockerfile
 # /.github/workflows/main.yml
-FROM golang:1.17.6-alpine as golangbuilder
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as golangbuilder
 
 # Instead of checking out from git again, we just copy the whole working
 # directory of the previous stage that includes the generated static assets.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 509f2af4..fc1b9314 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@ require (
 // decision with a replace.
 replace github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd => github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd v0.15.0-beta
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3c127f28..84729bb0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA
 github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20191021191039-0944d244cd40/go.mod h1:sGbDF6GwGcLpkNXPUTkMRoywsNa/ol15pxFe6ERfguA=
 github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20200922220541-2c3bb06c6054 h1:uH66TXeswKn5PW5zdZ39xEwfS9an067BirqA+P4QaLI=
 github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20200922220541-2c3bb06c6054/go.mod h1:sGbDF6GwGcLpkNXPUTkMRoywsNa/ol15pxFe6ERfguA=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
@@ -360,7 +359,6 @@ github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20181102032728-5e5cf60278f6/go.mod h1:
 github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.12.0 h1:GlCS+lMZzIkfouf7CNqY+qqpowdKuJLSLLcKVfM1oLc=
 github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web v0.12.0/go.mod h1:6hRR09jOEG81ADP5wCQju1z71g6OL4eEvELdran/3cs=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
-github.com/jackc/chunkreader v1.0.0 h1:4s39bBR8ByfqH+DKm8rQA3E1LHZWB9XWcrz8fqaZbe0=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RT6O25fNZIuasFJRyZ4R/Y2BbhasbmZXF9QQ7T3kePo=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:odVSm741yZoC3dpHEUXIqA9tQRhFrgOHwnPIn9lDKlk=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.1 h1:i+RDz65UE+mmpjTfyz0MoVTnzeYxroil2G82ki7MGG8=
@@ -381,7 +379,6 @@ github.com/jackc/pgmock v0.0.0-20210724152146-4ad1a8207f65 h1:DadwsjnMwFjfWc9y5W
 github.com/jackc/pgmock v0.0.0-20210724152146-4ad1a8207f65/go.mod h1:5R2h2EEX+qri8jOWMbJCtaPWkrrNc7OHwsp2TCqp7ak=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
 github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
-github.com/jackc/pgproto3 v1.1.0 h1:FYYE4yRw+AgI8wXIinMlNjBbp/UitDJwfj5LqqewP1A=
 github.com/jackc/pgproto3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:eR5FA3leWg7p9aeAqi37XOTgTIbkABlvcPB3E5rlc78=
 github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-alpha1.0.20190420180111-c116219b62db/go.mod h1:bhq50y+xrl9n5mRYyCBFKkpRVTLYJVWeCc+mEAI3yXA=
 github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-alpha1.0.20190609003834-432c2951c711/go.mod h1:uH0AWtUmuShn0bcesswc4aBTWGvw0cAxIJp+6OB//Wg=