diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dbaa46abf7e..a3cf78bd302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.17.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x]
+        go-version: [1.17.x, 1.21.x, 1.22.x]
         rootless: ["rootless", ""]
         race: ["-race", ""]
         criu: [""]
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+        check-latest: true
 
     - name: build
       run: sudo -E PATH="$PATH" make EXTRA_FLAGS="${{ matrix.race }}" all
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: install go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.21
+        go-version: 1.x # Latest stable
+        check-latest: true
 
     - name: unit test
       run: sudo -E PATH="$PATH" -- make GOARCH=386 localunittest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index ee41c6fd09f..f90a3613283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       - release-*
   pull_request:
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.20.x
+  GO_VERSION: 1.22.x
 
 jobs:
   keyring:
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
         go-version: "${{ env.GO_VERSION }}"
+        check-latest: true
     - name: verify deps
       run: make verify-dependencies