diff --git a/.github/workflows/CD-adot-operator.yml b/.github/workflows/CD-adot-operator.yml
index 7521445753..8bd13acd6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CD-adot-operator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CD-adot-operator.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: ~1.18.6
+          go-version: ~1.18.8
 
       - name: Login to Public Release ECR
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-Operator.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-Operator.yml
index 78066b8e75..a1d4ebd5b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-Operator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-Operator.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.18.6'
+          go-version: '~1.18.8'
 
       - name: Create test batch key values
         id: set-batches
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 7ed88af8fd..091c13c6ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ env:
   DDB_TABLE_NAME: BatchTestCache
   MAX_JOBS: 90
   BATCH_INCLUDED_SERVICES: EKS,ECS,EC2,EKS_ARM64,EKS_FARGATE
-  GO_VERSION: ~1.18.6
+  GO_VERSION: ~1.18.8
 
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR-build.yml b/.github/workflows/PR-build.yml
index 5c23ca8b02..06c7ba7021 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-build.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
-        go-version: '~1.18.6'
+        go-version: '~1.18.8'
 
     - name: Checkout
       if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary.yml b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
index 37c347b666..d2e1d0bda4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '~1.18.6'
+          go-version: '~1.18.8'
       - name: Build aotutil
         run: cd testing-framework/cmd/aotutil && make build
       - name: Cache aotutil
diff --git a/.github/workflows/perf.yml b/.github/workflows/perf.yml
index 3023eefbf1..3d572120f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/perf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/perf.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ env:
   COMMIT_USER: Github Actions
   COMMIT_EMAIL: actions@github.com
   TESTING_FRAMEWORK_REPO: aws-observability/aws-otel-test-framework
-  GO_VERSION: ~1.18.6
+  GO_VERSION: ~1.18.8
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write