diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index fbb22c72..7da71254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: ^1.17      
+        go-version: ^1.18      
       id: go
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/ver b/ver
deleted file mode 100644
index 60f63432..00000000
--- a/ver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v0.6.0