diff --git a/examples/go/go.mod b/examples/go/go.mod
index ed43328d78f0..9cf0cc4b3a51 100644
--- a/examples/go/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/examples/go
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.18
 
 require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1