diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c95f9f0d7b..4614ef7cae 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 To build and install `terraform-cdk` locally you need to install:
 
 - Node version 14.0+
-- Go 1.16
+- Go 1.18
 - dotnet (v3.1.0)
 - mvn
 - pipenv