diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yaml b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
index 3fd1d73b23..31498e4ad8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@f6164bd8c8acb4a71fb2791a8b6c4024ff038dab
       with:
-        go-version: 1.18.0
+        go-version: 1.18.1
 
     - name: Run static checks
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@b517f99ae23d86ecc4c0dec08dcf48d2336abc29
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind.yaml
index fec1a8506e..7e62902a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@f6164bd8c8acb4a71fb2791a8b6c4024ff038dab
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.0
+          go-version: 1.18.1
 
       - name: Set up Go for root
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml b/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
index 573b2af365..09b4221b22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multicluster.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@f6164bd8c8acb4a71fb2791a8b6c4024ff038dab
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.0
+          go-version: 1.18.1
 
       - name: Set up job variables
         id: vars
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0d59f25e3b..e39c0d5c1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@f6164bd8c8acb4a71fb2791a8b6c4024ff038dab
         with:
-          go-version: 1.18.0
+          go-version: 1.18.1
 
       - name: Generate the artifacts
         run: make release
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1848d52460..82e98080e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ release:
 		--env "RELEASE_GID=$(RELEASE_GID)" \
 		--rm \
 		--workdir /cilium \
-		--volume `pwd`:/cilium docker.io/library/golang:1.18.0-alpine3.15 \
+		--volume `pwd`:/cilium docker.io/library/golang:1.18.1-alpine3.15 \
 		sh -c "apk add --no-cache make git && git config --global --add safe.directory /cilium && make local-release VERSION=${VERSION}"
 
 local-release: clean