diff --git a/cmds/houndd/main.go b/cmds/houndd/main.go
index b3513724..2d1cdfe8 100644
--- a/cmds/houndd/main.go
+++ b/cmds/houndd/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/blang/semver"
+	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/hound-search/hound/api"
 	"github.com/hound-search/hound/config"
 	"github.com/hound-search/hound/searcher"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 146e1dce..6b270fdf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/hound-search/hound
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.18
 
-require (
-	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
-)
+require github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cba46f57..eae08178 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-github.com/blang/semver v1.1.0 h1:ol1rO7QQB5uy7umSNV7VAmLugfLRD+17sYJujRNYPhg=
-github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible h1:cQNTCjp13qL8KC3Nbxr/y2Bqb63oX6wdnnjpJbkM4JQ=
-github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:kRBLl5iJ+tD4TcOOxsy/0fnwebNt5EWlYSAyrTnjyyk=
+github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 h1:1PFHFE6yCCTv8C1TeyNNarDzntLi7wMI5i/pzqYIsAM=
+github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:IbckMUScFkM3pff0VJDNKRiT6TG/YpiHIM2yvyW5YoQ=