diff --git a/Dockerfile.simple b/Dockerfile.simple
index 207d1f922d1b5..4b32d4d7cd3b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.simple
+++ b/Dockerfile.simple
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # This represents the bare minimum required to build and test Docker.
 
-FROM golang:1.12.6
+FROM golang:1.18
 
 # allow replacing httpredir or deb mirror
 ARG APT_MIRROR=deb.debian.org