diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 859225ee5e..179670b35b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
         with:
           dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-      - name: Set up Go 1.16
+      - name: Set up Go 1.18
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '1.18'
       - name: Set up Java 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
         with:
           dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
-      - name: Set up Go 1.16
+      - name: Set up Go 1.18
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
+          go-version: '1.18'
       - name: Set up Java 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # All currently supported node versions (Maintenance LTS, Active LTS, Current)
         dotnet: ['3.1.x']
-        go: ['1.16']
+        go: ['1.18']
         java: ['8']
         node:
           - '14' # EOL 2023-04-30
@@ -227,47 +227,66 @@ jobs:
           # Test using Windows
           - os: windows-latest
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             java: '8'
             node: '14'
             python: '3.7'
           # Test using macOS
           - os: macos-latest
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             java: '8'
             node: '14'
             python: '3.7'
           # Test alternate .NETs
           - java: '8'
             dotnet: '6.0.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
+            node: '14'
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: '3.7'
+          # Test alternate Gos
+          - java: '8'
+            dotnet: '3.1.x'
+            go: '1.16' # EOL since March 15, 2022 (in grace period until end of september 2022)
+            node: '14'
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: '3.7'
+          - java: '8'
+            dotnet: '3.1.x'
+            go: '1.17' # EOL since August 02, 2022 (in grace period until end of september 2022)
+            node: '14'
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: '3.7'
+          - java: '8'
+            dotnet: '3.1.x'
+            go: '1.19'
             node: '14'
             os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.7'
           # Test alternate Javas
           - java: '11'
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             node: '14'
             os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.7'
           # Test alternate Pythons
           - python: '3.8'
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             java: '8'
             node: '14'
             os: ubuntu-latest
           - python: '3.9'
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             java: '8'
             node: '14'
             os: ubuntu-latest
           - python: '3.10'
             dotnet: '3.1.x'
-            go: '1.16'
+            go: '1.18'
             java: '8'
             node: '14'
             os: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/index.md b/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/index.md
index c7beba1298..850024e4b9 100644
--- a/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/index.md
+++ b/gh-pages/content/user-guides/lib-author/index.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ to produce releasable artifacts.
 | Language/Platform | SDK Requirement              |
 | ----------------- | ---------------------------- |
 | .NET              | .NET Core ≥ 3.1 / .NET ≥ 5.0 |
-| Go                | Go ≥ 1.16                    |
+| Go                | Go ≥ 1.18                    |
 | Java              | JDK ≥ 8 *and* Maven ≥ 3.6    |
 | Python            | Python ≥ 3.7                 |
 
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.mod b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.mod
index 1c82de7d5c..b9e0e84998 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.mod
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime-test/project/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/aws/jsii/go-runtime-test
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/jsii-runtime-go v0.0.0
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/deprecationwarning.go b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/deprecationwarning.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e1f950e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/deprecationwarning.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//go:build (go1.16 || go1.17) && !go1.18
+// +build go1.16 go1.17
+// +build !go1.18
+
+package jsii
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler"
+)
+
+// / Emits a deprecation warning message when
+func init() {
+	fmt.Println("###########################################################")
+	fmt.Printf("# This binary was compiled with %v, which has reached #\n", compiler.Version)
+	fmt.Printf("# end-of-life on %v.                              #", compiler.EndOfLifeDate)
+	fmt.Println("# Support for this version will be dropped in the future. #")
+	fmt.Println("#                                                         #")
+	fmt.Println("# See https://go.dev/security for more information.       #")
+	fmt.Println("###########################################################")
+}
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.16.go b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.16.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e531403eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.16.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build go1.16 && !go1.17
+// +build go1.16,!go1.17
+
+package compiler
+
+// Version denotes the version of the go compiler that was used for building
+// this binary. It is intended for use only in the compiler deprecation warning
+// message.
+const Version = "go1.16"
+
+// EndOfLifeDate is the date at which this compiler version reached end-of-life.
+const EndOfLifeDate = "2022-03-15"
diff --git a/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.17.go b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.17.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87f6410103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@jsii/go-runtime/jsii-runtime-go/internal/compiler/go1.17.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build go1.17 && !go1.18
+// +build go1.17,!go1.18
+
+package compiler
+
+// Version denotes the version of the go compiler that was used for building
+// this binary. It is intended for use only in the compiler deprecation warning
+// message.
+const Version = "go1.17"
+
+// EndOfLifeDate is the date at which this compiler version reached end-of-life.
+const EndOfLifeDate = "2022-08-02"
diff --git a/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/go.ts b/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/go.ts
index 4b69472b52..9e43bdce44 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/go.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/go.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class Golang extends Target {
     const localGoMod = await this.writeLocalGoMod(pkgDir);
 
     try {
-      // run `go build` with local.go.mod, go 1.16 requires that we download
+      // run `go build` with local.go.mod, go 1.16+ requires that we download
       // modules explicit so go.sum is updated. We'd normally want to use
       // `go mod download`, but because of a bug in go 1.16, we have to use
       // `go mod tidy` instead.
diff --git a/superchain/Dockerfile b/superchain/Dockerfile
index a3f9660cb5..5d74675e55 100644
--- a/superchain/Dockerfile
+++ b/superchain/Dockerfile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ RUN POWERSHELL_RELEASE=$(curl -X GET -fSsIL "https://aka.ms/powershell-release?t
   && chmod +x /opt/microsoft/powershell/pwsh
 
 # Prepare Go distribution
-ARG GO_VERSION="1.17.5"
+ARG GO_VERSION="1.18.5"
 RUN curl -fSsL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${TARGETPLATFORM#linux/}.tar.gz" -o /tmp/go.tar.gz          \
   && mkdir -p /opt/golang/go                                                                                            \
   && tar -xzf /tmp/go.tar.gz -C /opt/golang/go --strip-components=1
diff --git a/superchain/README.md b/superchain/README.md
index 881744bcbd..425471c7f9 100644
--- a/superchain/README.md
+++ b/superchain/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SDK             | Version
 `Javascript`    | see [NodeJS and NPM](#nodejs-and-npm)
 `PowerShell`    | `pwsh >= 7.1.3`
 `Python 3`      | `python3 >= 3.7.4` with `pip3 >= 20.0.2`
-`Go`            | `go >= 1.17`
+`Go`            | `go >= 1.18`
 
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