diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 73f42d939..e81aefdb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             test_fuse: true
 
-          - job_name: Linux
-            go: 1.18.x
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            test_fuse: true
-
     name: ${{ matrix.job_name }} Go ${{ matrix.go }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-4532 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4532
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d56c03415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-4532
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Change: Require Go 1.19 or newer
+
+Since some libraries require newer library features, support for Go 1.18 has
+been dropped, which means that restic now requires at least Go 1.19 to build.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4532
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e2b859421..08f51d7a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19