diff --git a/.github/workflows/readme-linter.yml b/.github/workflows/readme-linter.yml
index 3ece162fc..6fda0ece7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/readme-linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/readme-linter.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.22.0'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
diff --git a/tools/update_goversion/main.go b/tools/update_goversion/main.go
index a40064664..86be0547c 100644
--- a/tools/update_goversion/main.go
+++ b/tools/update_goversion/main.go
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ func main() {
 			Regex:    `(GO_VERSION_SHA_amd64)=".*"`,
 			Replace:  fmt.Sprintf("$1=%q", hashes[fmt.Sprintf("go%s.darwin-amd64.tar.gz", version)]),
 		},
+		{
+			FileName: ".github/workflows/readme-linter.yml",
+			Regex:    `(go-version): '\d.\d*.\d'`,
+			Replace:  fmt.Sprintf("$1: '%s'", version),
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, f := range files {