diff --git a/.github/actions/unit-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/unit-tests/action.yml
index 5f525f93..7ea81bc3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/unit-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/unit-tests/action.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "Unit Tests"
 description: "Run unit tests using go"
 inputs:
   GO_VERSION:
-    default: "1.17"
+    default: "1.18"
 env:
   GO111MODULE: "on"
   GOPROXY: "https://proxy.golang.org"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
index fb02fb3b..ab4efad3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         network-policy: [true, false]
         job-network-policy: [true, false]
     env:
-      GO_VERSION: 1.17
+      GO_VERSION: 1.18
       GOPROXY: "https://proxy.golang.org"
       GO111MODULE: "on"
       BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
index e9c50663..bed010f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
@@ -8,18 +8,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code.
         uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.2
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3.2.1
-        with:
-          go-version-file: "go.mod"
-        id: go
-      - name: Install linters
-        run: "( mkdir linters && cd linters && go get golang.org/x/lint/golint )"
-      - uses: reviewdog/action-setup@v1
-        with:
-          reviewdog_version: latest
-      - name: Run reviewdog
-        env:
-          REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          reviewdog -reporter=github-pr-review
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: reviewdog/action-golangci-lint@v2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cb3c9813..5e934283 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use the offical Golang image to create a build artifact.
 # This is based on Debian and sets the GOPATH to /go.
 # https://hub.docker.com/_/golang
-FROM golang:1.17.5-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.18.3-alpine as builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache gcc libc-dev git
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e984808b..40509fd0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module keptn-contrib/job-executor-service
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1