diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index f9b1c71..1f04c68 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
   steps: [
     {
       name: 'deps',
-      image: 'golang:1.18',
+      image: 'golang:1.19',
       commands: [
         'make deps',
       ],
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
     },
     {
       name: 'lint',
-      image: 'golang:1.18',
+      image: 'golang:1.19',
       commands: [
         'make lint',
       ],
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ local PipelineTest = {
     },
     {
       name: 'test',
-      image: 'golang:1.18',
+      image: 'golang:1.19',
       commands: [
         'make test',
       ],
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ local PipelineBuildBinaries = {
   steps: [
     {
       name: 'build',
-      image: 'techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.18.x',
+      image: 'techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.19.x',
       commands: [
         'make release',
       ],
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ local PipelineBuildContainer(arch='amd64') = {
   steps: [
     {
       name: 'build',
-      image: 'golang:1.18',
+      image: 'golang:1.19',
       commands: [
         'make build',
         'ls -l dist/drone-github-comment',
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index ae31ed0..b5a9725 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
   - name: deps
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make deps
     volumes:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ steps:
         path: /go
 
   - name: lint
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make lint
     volumes:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ steps:
         path: /go
 
   - name: test
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make test
     volumes:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
   - name: build
-    image: techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.18.x
+    image: techknowlogick/xgo:go-1.19.x
     commands:
       - make release
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
   - name: build
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make build
       - ls -l dist/drone-github-comment
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
   - name: build
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make build
       - ls -l dist/drone-github-comment
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
   - name: build
-    image: golang:1.18
+    image: golang:1.19
     commands:
       - make build
       - ls -l dist/drone-github-comment
@@ -456,6 +456,6 @@ depends_on:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 15bd1332f8cda7acc28d2295da2df3057db147ef918b4cacaba7ac384df3159b
+hmac: a30d89331412b41e3379c959980093a15b22a8e7f0c7f67bb4003da2c20c9248
 
 ...
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 189abe3..1b5f999 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT_PACKAGE ?= github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@$(G
 XGO_PACKAGE ?= src.techknowlogick.com/xgo@latest
 
 GENERATE ?=
-XGO_VERSION := go-1.18.x
+XGO_VERSION := go-1.19.x
 XGO_TARGETS ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm-6,linux/arm-7,linux/arm64
 
 TAGS ?= netgo
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a9707df..02a5981 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/thegeeklab/drone-github-comment
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v39 v39.2.0
diff --git a/plugin/utils.go b/plugin/utils.go
index 1d497c3..03e649d 100644
--- a/plugin/utils.go
+++ b/plugin/utils.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package plugin
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ func readStringOrFile(input string) (string, bool, error) {
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return "", false, err
 	}
-	result, err := ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+	result, err := os.ReadFile(input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", true, err
 	}