diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b663f4580..7fbbdb13d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ REPONAME = "neo-go"
 NETMODE ?= "privnet"
 BINARY=neo-go
 BINARY_PATH=./bin/$(BINARY)$(shell go env GOEXE)
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.18
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.19
 DESTDIR = ""
 SYSCONFIGDIR = "/etc"
 BINDIR = "/usr/bin"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 278615782..82f89752e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ NeoGo, `:latest` points to the latest release) or build yourself.
 
 ### Building
 
-Building NeoGo requires Go 1.18+ and `make`:
+Building NeoGo requires Go 1.19+ and `make`:
 
 ```
 make
diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction/fuzz_test.go b/pkg/core/transaction/fuzz_test.go
index 8c2c16aa9..5892df508 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction/fuzz_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//go:build go1.18
-
 package transaction
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/encoding/bigint/fuzz_test.go b/pkg/encoding/bigint/fuzz_test.go
index 63609353b..b515773a0 100644
--- a/pkg/encoding/bigint/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/encoding/bigint/fuzz_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-//go:build go1.18
-// +build go1.18
-
 package bigint
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/network/fuzz_test.go b/pkg/network/fuzz_test.go
index f5c18956e..a0e5f5ccb 100644
--- a/pkg/network/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/fuzz_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//go:build go1.18
-
 package network
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/vm/fuzz_test.go b/pkg/vm/fuzz_test.go
index da03fea54..25c605073 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/fuzz_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//go:build go1.18
-
 package vm
 
 import (