diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 073eaeddd..529b0d2ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go: [ "1.16.x", "1.17.x", "1.18.0-beta1" ]
+        go: [ "1.16.x", "1.17.x", "1.18.0-rc1" ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DEBUG: false # set this to true to export qlogs and save them as artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
index 180c36c17..84cfef8da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ "ubuntu", "windows", "macos" ]
-        go: [ "1.16.x", "1.17.x", "1.18.0-beta1" ]
+        go: [ "1.16.x", "1.17.x", "1.18.0-rc1" ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     name: Unit tests (${{ matrix.os}}, Go ${{ matrix.go }})
     steps: