diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d6a55f9250..a8ca4942ad 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
 ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.8
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.1.0
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:${XX_VERSION} AS xx
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 43d329b884..4479604098 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ clone_folder: c:\gopath\src\github.com\docker\cli
 
 environment:
   GOPATH: c:\gopath
-  GOVERSION: 1.18.7
+  GOVERSION: 1.18.8
   DEPVERSION: v0.4.1
 
 install:
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 21f30011c9..0b1ae5d6b0 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variable "GO_VERSION" {
-    default = "1.18.7"
+    default = "1.18.8"
 }
 variable "VERSION" {
     default = ""
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
index 7b49cced11..b86f119fb1 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.binary-native
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.8
 
 FROM    golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index 39c1d96459..7d37ace420 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.8
 
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS golang
 ENV  CGO_ENABLED=0
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
index 70323cf230..4429d0d244 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.e2e
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.8
 
 # Use Debian based image as docker-compose requires glibc.
 FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-buster
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
index 71d080ae51..719fd037f7 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.7
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.18.8
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.45.2
 
 FROM    golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS build