diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-driver.yml b/.github/workflows/go-driver.yml
index 52febad64..25fcf770a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-driver.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-driver.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go-version: [ '1.18', '1.19' ]
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: drivers/golang/age/
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v3
       with:
-        go-version: 1.16
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
 
     - name: Build
       run: go build -v ./...
diff --git a/drivers/golang/README.md b/drivers/golang/README.md
index 1d58fa6cf..4433212cf 100644
--- a/drivers/golang/README.md
+++ b/drivers/golang/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AGType parser and driver support for [Apache AGE](https://age.apache.org/), grap
 * Cypher query support for 3rd. Party sql driver (enables to use cypher queries directly)
 
 ### Prerequisites
-* over Go 1.16
+* over Go 1.18 / 1.19
 * This module runs on golang standard api [database/sql](https://golang.org/pkg/database/sql/) and [antlr4-python3](https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/tree/master/runtime/Go/antlr)
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/golang/go.mod b/drivers/golang/go.mod
index 81525d66f..a6bd74bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/golang/go.mod
+++ b/drivers/golang/go.mod
@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@
 
 module github.com/apache/age/drivers/golang
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr v0.0.0-20210521184019-c5ad59b459ec
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
+)
diff --git a/drivers/golang/go.sum b/drivers/golang/go.sum
index 13a472eb9..89d1775ed 100644
--- a/drivers/golang/go.sum
+++ b/drivers/golang/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=