diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 913923f8a..93dd5d320 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -10,16 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [1.19, 1.20]
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: |
           go build ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-deps.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump-deps.yaml
index a57304aa1..8ea03d443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-deps.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-deps.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.19
-        check-latest: true
+        go-version-file: go.mod
 
     - run: ./hack/bump-deps.sh
     - name: Create Pull Request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index af37dd05e..31e5b59da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.19
-        check-latest: true
+        go-version-file: go.mod
 
     - name: crane append to an image, set the entrypoint, run it locally, roundtrip it
       shell: bash
@@ -82,13 +81,13 @@ jobs:
         ./app/crane pull --platform=linux/arm64 --format=oci $remote $distroless
         ./app/crane push $distroless $local
         diff <(./app/crane manifest --platform linux/arm64 $remote) <(./app/crane manifest $local)
-                
+
     - name: crane pull image, and export it from stdin to filesystem tar to stdout
       shell: bash
       run: |
         set -euxo pipefail
-        
+
         ./app/crane pull ubuntu ubuntu.tar
         ./app/crane export - - < ubuntu.tar > filesystem.tar
         ls -la *.tar
-        
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ecr-auth.yaml b/.github/workflows/ecr-auth.yaml
index f17e5132d..7b87f3d75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ecr-auth.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ecr-auth.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Install krane
         working-directory: ./cmd/krane
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Install crane
         working-directory: ./cmd/crane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr-auth.yaml b/.github/workflows/ghcr-auth.yaml
index c8bfa01c4..262933921 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr-auth.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr-auth.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Install krane
         working-directory: ./cmd/krane
@@ -44,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "$CRED1" == "$CRED2" ]] ; then
             echo "credentials are cached by infrastructure"
           fi
-          
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yaml b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yaml
index 680f006aa..d0c057f4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.19
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
       - run: ./hack/presubmit.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 05b3a0ed8..db456e75d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -7,21 +7,14 @@ on:
     branches: ['main']
 
 jobs:
-
   test:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: [1.19, '1.20']
-
     name: Unit Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-          check-latest: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - run: go test -coverprofile=coverage.txt -covermode=atomic -race ./...