diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
index 31975110..06eff15f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   DOCKER_FILE_PATH: Dockerfile
-  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.7
+  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.18.2
   KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.18.0"
   KIND_VERSION: "0.10.0"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index a4bcc7f0..6b5e9faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   DOCKER_FILE_PATH: Dockerfile
-  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.7
+  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.18.2
   KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.18.0"
   KIND_VERSION: "0.10.0"
   HELM_REGISTRY_URL: "https://stakater.github.io/stakater-charts"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b1241735..3b10cc39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - "v*"
 
 env:
-  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.17.7
+  GOLANG_VERSION: 1.18.2
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e8f7b1a0..cab777f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ARG BUILDER_IMAGE
 ARG BASE_IMAGE
 
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} ${BUILDER_IMAGE:-golang:1.17.7} as builder
+FROM --platform=${BUILDPLATFORM} ${BUILDER_IMAGE:-golang:1.18.2} as builder
 
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c1d1ffa..abf2b0c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     reloader.stakater.com/auto: "true"
 spec:
-  template: metadata:
+  template:
+    metadata:
 ```
 
 This will discover deploymentconfigs/deployments/daemonsets/statefulset/rollouts automatically where `foo-configmap` or `foo-secret` is being used either via environment variable or from volume mount. And it will perform rolling upgrade on related pods when `foo-configmap` or `foo-secret`are updated.
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     configmap.reloader.stakater.com/reload: "foo-configmap"
 spec:
-  template: metadata:
+  template:
+    metadata:
 ```
 
 Use comma separated list to define multiple configmaps.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d4c7593..1485c5f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/stakater/Reloader
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts v1.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 10ee6eb7..4c18631c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.1.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QH
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.0/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
@@ -1079,7 +1078,6 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200414173820-0848c9571904/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPh
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200709230013-948cd5f35899/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201002170205-7f63de1d35b0/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897 h1:pLI5jrR7OSLijeIDcmRxNmw2api+jEfxLoykJVice/E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201016220609-9e8e0b390897/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201216223049-8b5274cf687f h1:aZp0e2vLN4MToVqnjNEYEtrEA8RH8U8FN1CU7JgqsPU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201216223049-8b5274cf687f/go.mod h1:jdWPYTVW3xRLrWPugEBEK3UY2ZEsg3UU495nc5E+M+I=