diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-podman.yml
index b97b22a82d..7f361949f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-podman.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x, 1.x]
+        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.x]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6039f75076..041a4ce1b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x, 1.x]
+        go-version: [1.18.x, 1.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/e2e/go.mod b/e2e/go.mod
index 79dcbcaeb3..deeb4ab76a 100644
--- a/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/e2e/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module e2e
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bb115bffa7..1a194e86fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.3