diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9af219aa1..29c6be42c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.17 as builder
+FROM golang:1.18 as builder
 ENV PATH /go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 ENV GOPATH /go
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet