diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1f574ca6d..6dcaefadd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
       - uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
         with:
-          go-version: '>=1.21 <1.22'
+          go-version: 1.21.x
       - run: |
           $TestTargets = go list ./... | Where-Object { $_ -NotMatch "(github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery.*|github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config|github.com/prometheus/prometheus/web)"}
           go test $TestTargets -vet=off -v
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
         with:
           cache: false
-          go-version: 1.20.x
+          go-version: 1.21.x
       - name: Install snmp_exporter/generator dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
         if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 6c1a4eba0..19f8cfb55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
       - uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
         with:
-          go-version: '>=1.21 <1.22'
+          go-version: 1.21.x
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@74483a38d39275f33fcff5f35b679b5ca4a26a99 # v2.22.5
diff --git a/scripts/golangci-lint.yml b/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
index babd8a0c4..ffa6b3090 100644
--- a/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/scripts/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@6edd4406fa81c3da01a34fa6f6343087c207a568 # v3.5.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.20.x
+          go-version: 1.21.x
       - name: Install snmp_exporter/generator dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-dev
         if: github.repository == 'prometheus/snmp_exporter'