diff --git a/changelog/fragments/bump-helm-operator-plugins.yaml b/changelog/fragments/bump-helm-operator-plugins.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cb7e3279fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/bump-helm-operator-plugins.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# entries is a list of entries to include in
+# release notes and/or the migration guide
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      For Hybrid Helm (hybrid.helm/v1-alpha) language based operators: Bump Dockerfile Go version to 1.18
+
+    # kind is one of:
+    # - addition
+    # - change
+    # - deprecation
+    # - removal
+    # - bugfix
+    kind: "bugfix"
+
+    # Is this a breaking change?
+    breaking: false
+
+    # NOTE: ONLY USE `pull_request_override` WHEN ADDING THIS
+    # FILE FOR A PREVIOUSLY MERGED PULL_REQUEST!
+    #
+    # The generator auto-detects the PR number from the commit
+    # message in which this file was originally added.
+    #
+    # What is the pull request number (without the "#")?
+    # pull_request_override: 0
+
+
+    # Migration can be defined to automatically add a section to
+    # the migration guide. This is required for breaking changes.
+    migration:
+      header: For Hybrid Helm (hybrid.helm/v1-alpha) language based operators - Bump Dockerfile Go version to 1.18
+      body: |
+        In the `Dockerfile`, replace the line `FROM golang:1.17 as builder` with `FROM golang:1.18 as builder`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 504b9947987..2e3c0ab0575 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.18.1
 	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.15.0
-	github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220613184440-7329cace347f
+	github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220616200420-1a695cb9f6a1
 	github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.5.1
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.11.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-manifest-tools v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3c3eb30396b..edc125f6a70 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFSt
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.1.6/go.mod h1:QgAqvLzwWbR/WpD4A3cGpPtJrZXNIiJc5AZX7/PBEpw=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.15.0 h1:4f9i0drtqHj7ykLoHxv92GR43S7MmQHhmFQkfm5YaGI=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.15.0/go.mod h1:scnY9xqSeCsOdtJtNoHIXd7OtHZ14gj1hkDA4+DlgLY=
-github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220613184440-7329cace347f h1:lS/IvqlvEQGIwXE0VlW+mOCmFEXBKywNbGQDrK++r/g=
-github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220613184440-7329cace347f/go.mod h1:D7zPPwmIFBqHtWigU2iJiLuZ0v7hOJOb1/VC+/UuBAQ=
+github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220616200420-1a695cb9f6a1 h1:ulX/0zkiQIg2JkVuAtC329ygfXHg9Sb578vQ7kdNVkY=
+github.com/operator-framework/helm-operator-plugins v0.0.12-0.20220616200420-1a695cb9f6a1/go.mod h1:D7zPPwmIFBqHtWigU2iJiLuZ0v7hOJOb1/VC+/UuBAQ=
 github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.5.1 h1:HmiTocc61d/uqVPY/7EUR6ZTHDVeZ5/fgy7uo1QIBFc=
 github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-plugins v0.5.1/go.mod h1:UnUHAWY203Xw1j6Xpiirp/psJJaSRYcjenc0NH2+aVw=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.11.0 h1:eYzqpiOfq9WBI4Trddisiq/X9BwCisZd3rIzmHRC9Z8=