diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2551bf7abe..1098458c86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: false
 
       - name: Read golangci-lint version from Makefile
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: false
       - name: Run cross build
         run: make cross
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Install build dependencies
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Build core binaries
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: false
       - name: "Install gvproxy"
         run: |
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Run unit tests
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Build podman
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Diagnostics
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e  # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: true
 
       - name: Pre-clean machine state
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build-artifacts.yml
index 5f5bf33107..a2a51fe5ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build-artifacts.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
-        go-version: stable
+        go-version: '1.26'
         cache: false
     - name: Set up pandoc
       run: |
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
-        go-version: stable
+        go-version: '1.26'
         cache: false
     - name: Create Keychain
       run: |
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
-        go-version: stable
+        go-version: '1.26'
         cache: false
     - name: Set up WiX
       run: dotnet tool install --global wix --version 5.0.2