diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index c2b8195..7652939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  GO_VERSION: '1.16'
+  GO_VERSION: '1.18'
   INTEGRATION: "discovery-kubernetes"
   ORIGINAL_REPO_NAME: 'newrelic/nri-discovery-kubernetes'
   REPO_FULL_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
index 6d7e829..830a278 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ env:
   TAG: "v0.0.0" # needed for goreleaser windows builds
   REPO_FULL_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
   ORIGINAL_REPO_NAME: "newrelic/nri-discovery-kubernetes"
-  GO_VERSION: '1.16'
+  GO_VERSION: '1.18'
 
 jobs:
   static-analysis:
@@ -19,32 +19,22 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
       - uses: newrelic/newrelic-infra-checkers@v1
+        with:
+          golangci-lint-config: golangci-lint-limited
       - name: Semgrep
         uses: returntocorp/semgrep-action@v1
         with:
           auditOn: push
       - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         continue-on-error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
         with:
           only-new-issues: true
 
-  snyk:
-    name: Run security checks via snyk
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    env:
-      SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COREINT_SNYK_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.OHAI_DOCKER_HUB_ID }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.OHAI_DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Scan code for vulnerabilities
-        run: make ci/snyk-test
-
   test-nix:
     name: Run unit tests on *Nix
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d1b085..0000000
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-run:
-  timeout: 5m
-
-linters:
-  enable:
-    - govet
-    - golint
-    - goimports
-    - unused
-    - goconst
-    - errcheck
-  enable-all: false
-  disable-all: true
-  fast: false
-
-# all available settings of specific linters
-linters-settings:
-  golint:
-    # minimal confidence for issues, default is 0.8
-    min-confidence: 0.3
-
-issues:
-  exclude-use-default: false
-
-misspell:
-    locale: US
-
-lll:
-  line-length: 100
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e2ac1f7..5c7ce9d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine AS build
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine AS build
 RUN apk add --no-cache --update git make
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/newrelic/nri-discovery-kubernetes
diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
index 2798402..9d8da49 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-FROM alpine:3.13
+FROM alpine:3.16
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache --upgrade ca-certificates
 
 USER nobody
 COPY nri-discovery-kubernetes /bin/nri-discovery-kubernetes
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/nri-discovery-kubernetes"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/nri-discovery-kubernetes"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24fc361..82477dd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,20 +8,16 @@ IMAGE_NAME   ?= newrelic/nri-discovery-kubernetes
 GOPATH := $(shell go env GOPATH)
 GORELEASER_VERSION := v0.168.0
 GORELEASER_BIN ?= bin/goreleaser
-GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN = golangci-lint
 
 all: build
 
-build: check-version clean validate test compile
+build: check-version clean test compile
 
 clean:
 	@echo "=== $(PROJECT) === [ clean ]: Removing binaries and coverage file..."
 	@rm -rfv bin
 	@rm -rfv target
 
-tools: check-version
-	@which $(GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN) || echo "golangci-lint not found in PATH" >&2 && exit 1
-
 fmt:
 	@go fmt ./...
 
@@ -29,11 +25,6 @@ deps:
 	@echo "=== $(PROJECT) === [ deps ]: Installing package dependencies required by the project..."
 	@go mod download
 
-validate: deps
-	@echo "=== $(PROJECT) === [ validate ]: Validating source code running golangci-lint..."
-	@${GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN} --version
-	@${GOLANGCI_LINT_BIN} run
-
 compile: deps
 	@echo "=== $(PROJECT) === [ compile ]: Building $(BINARY_NAME)..."
 	@go build -o bin/$(BINARY_NAME) ./cmd/discovery/
@@ -79,4 +70,4 @@ snyk/monitor: deps-only
 include $(CURDIR)/build/ci.mk
 include $(CURDIR)/build/release.mk
 
-.PHONY: all fmt build clean tools tools-update deps deps-only validate compile compile-only test check-version tools-golangci-lint docker-build release release/deps release/test snyk snyk/monitor docker-release
+.PHONY: all fmt build clean tools tools-update deps deps-only compile compile-only test check-version docker-build release release/deps release/test snyk snyk/monitor docker-release
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index c918724..263fa3b 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16-buster
+FROM golang:1.18-buster
 
 ARG GH_VERSION='1.10.3'
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0deb3ce..7247107 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/newrelic/nri-discovery-kubernetes
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/newrelic/nri-kubernetes/v2 v2.8.0
@@ -13,4 +13,53 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.22.0
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.11 // indirect
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/newrelic/infra-integrations-sdk v2.0.1-0.20180410150501-14a5386f9150+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.26.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/prom2json v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/segmentio/go-camelcase v0.0.0-20160726192923-7085f1e3c734 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/afero v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210514164344-f6687ab2804c // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210806184541-e5e7981a1069 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210220032956-6a3ed077a48d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20210723032227-1f47c861a9ac // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kubelet v0.22.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.1.2 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 // indirect
+)
+
 replace github.com/pkg/sftp => github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.2