diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6a61b0a2..f0e0bcd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         name: golangci-lint
         with:
-          version: v1.43.0
\ No newline at end of file
+          version: v1.45.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1ee11f10..b05f721c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/moshebe/gebug
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5b6f9625..6d7c70ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:kZn38zHttfInRq0xu/PH0az30d+z6vm202qpg1oXVMw=
-github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.7 h1:qYhyWUUd6WbiM+C6JZAUkIJt/1WrjzNHY9+KCIjVqTo=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.2.7/go.mod h1:nF9osbDWLy6bDVv/Rtoh6QgnvNDpmCalQV5urGCCS6M=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7/go.mod h1:Ax+UKWsSmolVDwsd+7N3ZtXu+yMGCf907BLYF3GoBXY=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.7 h1:YPXUKf7fYbp/y8xloBqZOw2qaVggbfwMlI8WM3wZUJ0=