diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a43c9c0e3..aac5fc19c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Update the base image in Makefile when updating golang version. This has to
 # be pre-pulled in order to work on GCB.
 ARG ARCH
-FROM golang:1.17.6 as build
+FROM golang:1.18.1 as build
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/metrics-server
 COPY go.mod .
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e0bbbd75..4d8bb7512 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ CONTAINER_ARCH_TARGETS=$(addprefix container-,$(ALL_ARCHITECTURES))
 container:
 	# Pull base image explicitly. Keep in sync with Dockerfile, otherwise
 	# GCB builds will start failing.
-	docker pull golang:1.17.6
+	docker pull golang:1.18.1
 	docker build -t $(REGISTRY)/metrics-server-$(ARCH):$(CHECKSUM) --build-arg ARCH=$(ARCH) --build-arg GIT_TAG=$(GIT_TAG) --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=$(GIT_COMMIT) .
 
 .PHONY: container-all
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 16b9fc15f..bdf7389de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/metrics-server
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/addlicense v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f081e967..346afa2c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:CgnwVTmzoESiwO9qyAFEMiHoZ1nMCKZlZ9V6mm3/LKc=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 h1:wkHLiw0WNATZnSG7epLsujiMCgPAc9xhjJ4tgnAxmfM=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
-github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e h1:Wf6HqHfScWJN9/ZjdUKyjop4mf3Qdd+1TvvltAvM3m8=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2 h1:D9/bQk5vlXQFZ6Kwuu6zaiXJ9oTPe68++AzAJc1DzSI=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
@@ -497,7 +496,6 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.32/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9de
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.0/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
-github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.1/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6 h1:/ecaJf0sk1l4l6V4awd65v2C3ILy7MSj+s/x1ADCIMU=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6/go.mod h1:qXsaaIqmgQH0T+OPdb99Bf+PKfBBQVAdyD6TY9G8XM4=
@@ -660,7 +658,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210316092652-d523dce5a7f4/go.mod h1:RBQZq4jEuRlivfhVLd
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211015210444-4f30a5c0130f/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63 h1:iocB37TsdFuN6IBRZ+ry36wrkoV51/tl5vOWqkcPGvY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211209124913-491a49abca63/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20170207211851-4464e7848382/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=