diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19c2d37..7678eb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ compile-lambda-linux-all:
 	make ARCH=old compile-lambda-linux
 
 compile-with-docker:
-	docker run --env GOPROXY=direct -v $(shell pwd):/LambdaRuntimeLocal -w /LambdaRuntimeLocal golang:1.17 make ARCH=${ARCH} compile-lambda-linux
+	docker run --env GOPROXY=direct -v $(shell pwd):/LambdaRuntimeLocal -w /LambdaRuntimeLocal golang:1.18 make ARCH=${ARCH} compile-lambda-linux
 
 compile-lambda-linux:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=${GO_ARCH_${ARCH}} go build -ldflags "${RELEASE_BUILD_LINKER_FLAGS}" -o ${DESTINATION_${ARCH}} ./cmd/aws-lambda-rie
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dbc52c4..2608d70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module go.amzn.com
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 195c69f..830cc63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -35,13 +35,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211111160137-58aab5ef257a/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qx
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9 h1:SQFwaSi55rU7vdNs9Yr0Z324VNlrF+0wMqRXT4St8ck=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190422165155-953cdadca894/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da h1:b3NXsE2LusjYGGjL5bxEVZZORm/YEFFrWFjR8eFrw/c=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 h1:aRYxNxv6iGQlyVaZmk6ZgYEDa+Jg18DxebPSrd6bg1M=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=