diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c6727efeb..9419f8b98 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ executors:
   # should also be updated.
   golang:
     docker:
-      - image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.17-base
+      - image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.18-base
   golang_oldest:
     docker:
-      - image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.16-base
+      - image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.17-base
 
 jobs:
   test_go:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 8211b9a18..662ea3b6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3.1.0
         with:
-          version: v1.44.2
+          version: v1.45.2
diff --git a/.promu.yml b/.promu.yml
index 9601efeee..6edc2c297 100644
--- a/.promu.yml
+++ b/.promu.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 go:
     # Whenever the Go version is updated here,
     # .circle/config.yml should also be updated.
-    version: 1.17
+    version: 1.18
 repository:
     path: github.com/prometheus/prometheus
 build:
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 5ab1b142f..c263b733f 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ PROMU_URL     := https://github.com/prometheus/promu/releases/download/v$(PROMU_
 
 GOLANGCI_LINT :=
 GOLANGCI_LINT_OPTS ?=
-GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.44.2
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.45.2
 # golangci-lint only supports linux, darwin and windows platforms on i386/amd64.
 # windows isn't included here because of the path separator being different.
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS),$(filter $(GOHOSTOS),linux darwin))
diff --git a/discovery/xds/kuma_test.go b/discovery/xds/kuma_test.go
index b62e9a0ef..008d63a37 100644
--- a/discovery/xds/kuma_test.go
+++ b/discovery/xds/kuma_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	kumaConf KumaSDConfig = sdConf
+	kumaConf = sdConf
 
 	testKumaMadsV1Resources = []*MonitoringAssignment{
 		{
diff --git a/template/template.go b/template/template.go
index ba35658d1..696263998 100644
--- a/template/template.go
+++ b/template/template.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func NewTemplateExpander(
 				return html_template.HTML(text)
 			},
 			"match":     regexp.MatchString,
-			"title":     strings.Title,
+			"title":     strings.Title, // nolint:staticcheck
 			"toUpper":   strings.ToUpper,
 			"toLower":   strings.ToLower,
 			"graphLink": strutil.GraphLinkForExpression,