diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 9af58ec53..bc89c4906 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.19"
+          go-version: "1.20"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
         with:
-          version: v1.50
+          version: v1.51
           only-new-issues: true
     timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2a8c62c22..1af9d9c79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make vet
       - name: Check go.mod Tidiness
         run: make mod-tidy
-        if: ${{ matrix.go == '1.19' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.go == '1.20' }}
       - name: Test
         run: make test
       - name: Test (with race detection)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         # pull requests, only run this step for a single job in the matrix. For
         # all other workflow triggers (e.g., pushes to a release branch) run
         # this step for the whole matrix.
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || (matrix.go == '1.19' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu') }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || (matrix.go == '1.20' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu') }}
       - name: Collect coverage
         run: make test-coverage
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: ["1.19", "1.18", "1.17"]
+        go: ["1.20", "1.19", "1.18"]
         os: [ubuntu, windows, macos]
       fail-fast: false
   # Test the GOPATH mode with the oldest Go version we support
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: "1.17"
+          go-version: "1.18"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           path: ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5d3f8150e..294a5470c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mod-tidy: ## Check go.mod tidiness
 	for dir in $(ALL_GO_MOD_DIRS); do \
 		cd "$${dir}"; \
 		echo ">>> Running 'go mod tidy' for module: $${dir}"; \
-		go mod tidy -go=1.19 -compat=1.17; \
+		go mod tidy -go=1.18 -compat=1.18; \
 	done; \
 	git diff --exit-code;
 .PHONY: mod-tidy
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d3157226..5ce431802 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/getsentry/sentry-go
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.8.1
diff --git a/otel/go.mod b/otel/go.mod
index 93e36a749..b86324330 100644
--- a/otel/go.mod
+++ b/otel/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/otel
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.18.0
diff --git a/otel/internal/dummy/dummy.go b/otel/internal/dummy/dummy.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 41d1a5415..000000000
--- a/otel/internal/dummy/dummy.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package dummy
-
-// This package is intentionally left empty.
-// Reason: the otel module currenty requires go>=1.18. All files in the module have '//go:build go1.18' guards, so
-// with go1.17 "go test" might fail with the error: "go: warning: "./..." matched no packages; no packages to test".
-// As a workaround, we added this empty "dummy" package, which is the only package without the compiler version restrictions,
-// so at least the compiler doesn't complain that there are no packages to test.
-//
-// This file and package can be removed when we drop support for 1.17.