diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 7df88d2..eb9d06d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go: [1.16, 1.17]
+        go: [1.17, 1.18]
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
         with:
-          version: v1.44
+          version: v1.45.2
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b89c6e9..22fc5fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 *.exe
 vspd
+
+# Testing, profiling, and benchmarking artifacts
+cov.out
+*cpu.out
+*mem.out
 /database/test.db
 /database/test.db-backup
+
+# Go 1.18 workspace
+go.work
+go.work.sum
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3184dac..862d068 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ VSP will add the ticket to a pool of always-online voting wallets.
 
 ## Implementation
 
-vspd is built and tested on go 1.16 and 1.17, making use of the following
+vspd is built and tested on go 1.17 and 1.18, making use of the following
 libraries:
 
 - [gin-gonic/gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin) webserver.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eccd319..70cca3b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/decred/vspd
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	decred.org/dcrwallet/v2 v2.0.1
@@ -24,3 +24,37 @@ require (
 	github.com/jrick/wsrpc/v2 v2.3.4
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/agl/ed25519 v0.0.0-20170116200512-5312a6153412 // indirect
+	github.com/dchest/siphash v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/base58 v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/blockchain/standalone/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/ripemd160 v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/database/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/edwards/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrjson/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/gcs/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/decred/dcrd/lru v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9 // indirect
+	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v0.0.0-20180701023420-4b7aa43c6742 // indirect
+	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20210819022825-2ae1ddf74ef7 // indirect
+	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210711020723-a769d52b0f97 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/signal_unix.go b/signal_unix.go
index 5f0b7ce..d92fbf2 100644
--- a/signal_unix.go
+++ b/signal_unix.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 //go:build darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
-// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 package main