diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 438614bfe..2cd9761e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: install deps
       run: |
-        sudo apt update
-        wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh && chmod +x llvm.sh && sudo ./llvm.sh 17
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
           libelf1 libelf-dev zlib1g-dev make cmake git libboost-all-dev \
@@ -46,8 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt install -y python3-pip
         pip3 install -r benchmark/requirements.txt
 
-    - name: verify llvm-17 installation
-      run: llvm-config-17 --version
+    - name: verify llvm-18 installation
+      run: llvm-config-18 --version
 
     - name: clear cmake cache
       run: rm -rf build
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aa1a50995..4b3f142fa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@ WORKDIR /bpftime
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libelf1 libelf-dev zlib1g-dev make cmake git libboost1.74-all-dev \
         binutils-dev libyaml-cpp-dev gcc g++ ca-certificates \
-        clang-17 llvm-17 llvm-17-dev
+        clang llvm llvm-dev
 
 COPY . .
 
 RUN git submodule update --init --recursive
 
 ENV BPFTIME_VM_NAME=llvm 
-ENV LLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-17/lib/cmake/llvm
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/lib/llvm-17/bin"
+ENV LLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-18/lib/cmake/llvm
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/lib/llvm-18/bin"
 
 RUN rm -rf build && mkdir build && cmake -Bbuild \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
     -DBUILD_BPFTIME_DAEMON=1 \
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/lib/llvm-17/bin/clang \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/lib/llvm-17/bin/clang++ \
-    -DLLVM_CONFIG=/usr/lib/llvm-17/bin/llvm-config \
-    -DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-17/lib/cmake/llvm
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/lib/llvm-18/bin/clang \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/lib/llvm-18/bin/clang++ \
+    -DLLVM_CONFIG=/usr/lib/llvm-18/bin/llvm-config \
+    -DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-18/lib/cmake/llvm
 
 RUN cd build && make -j$(nproc)
 RUN cd build && make install
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.bpftime/"
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+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.bpftime/"