diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
index 90d8802d..79c05511 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yaml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
index 5855e30b..38460402 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: e2e-arm64
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, update-components, equinix-runners ]
+    branches: [ main, update-components ]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
index 75abf7ef..0d5c0081 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Install libgit2
         run: |
           sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 648ACFD622F3D138
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 7a4f6165..1a058668 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: e2e
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main, e2e* ]
+    branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.17-
+            ${{ runner.os }}-go1.18-
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Setup Kubernetes
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase.yaml b/.github/workflows/rebase.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 623b0fbe..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/rebase.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: rebase
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [ opened ]
-  issue_comment:
-    types: [ created ]
-
-jobs:
-  rebase:
-    if: github.event.issue.pull_request != '' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '/rebase') && (github.event.comment.author_association == 'CONTRIBUTOR' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout the latest code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Automatic Rebase
-        uses: cirrus-actions/rebase@1.3.1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bd49f177..65a7d260 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Setup QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yaml b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
index 7d0da6f9..ab5732e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17.x
+          go-version: 1.18.x
       - name: Update component versions
         id: update
         run: |