diff --git a/automation/check-patch.setup.sh b/automation/check-patch.setup.sh
index 594abc8e83..1eba7c9cbd 100755
--- a/automation/check-patch.setup.sh
+++ b/automation/check-patch.setup.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ tmp_dir=/tmp/knmstate/
 rm -rf $tmp_dir
 mkdir -p $tmp_dir
 
+if gimme --help > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    eval "$(gimme $(grep '^go' go.mod |sed 's/go //'))"
+fi
+
 export ARCHS="amd64 arm64"
 export TMP_PROJECT_PATH=$tmp_dir/kubernetes-nmstate
 export E2E_LOGS=${TMP_PROJECT_PATH}/test_logs/e2e