diff --git a/.github/workflows/development.yml b/.github/workflows/development.yml
index 0f62c997..4d00e0ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/development.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/development.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   test-build-upload:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.17.x]
+        go-version: [1.18.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ jobs:
         CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -X github.com/42wim/matterbridge/version.GitHash=$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)" -o output/win/matterbridge-$VERSION-windows-amd64.exe
         CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "-s -X github.com/42wim/matterbridge/version.GitHash=$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)" -o output/mac/matterbridge-$VERSION-darwin-amd64
     - name: Upload linux 64-bit
-      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.17')
+      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.18')
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: matterbridge-linux-64bit
         path: output/lin
     - name: Upload windows 64-bit
-      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.17')
+      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.18')
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: matterbridge-windows-64bit
         path: output/win
     - name: Upload darwin 64-bit
-      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.17')
+      if: startsWith(matrix.go-version,'1.18')
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: matterbridge-darwin-64bit
diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index 8f9b2cbf..63e671a9 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ linters:
     - tagliatelle
     - errname
     - typecheck
+    - grouper
+    - decorder
+    - maintidx
+    - exhaustruct
+    - asasalint
+    - execinquery
+    - nosnakecase
+    - exhaustive
 # rules to deal with reported isues
 issues:
   # List of regexps of issue texts to exclude, empty list by default.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ee3268a..c7762abd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ To install or upgrade just download the latest [binary](https://github.com/42wim
 Most people just want to use binaries, you can find those [here](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest)
 
 If you really want to build from source, follow these instructions:
-Go 1.17+ is required. Make sure you have [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) properly installed.
+Go 1.18+ is required. Make sure you have [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) properly installed.
 
 Building the binary with **all** the bridges enabled needs about 3GB RAM to compile.
 You can reduce this memory requirement to 0,5GB RAM by adding the `nomsteams` tag if you don't need/use the Microsoft Teams bridge.