diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
index 0d2f9c7..3b391d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: 1.17
+          go-version: 1.22
       -
         name: Run GoReleaser
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05aebdd..10fe051 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,3 +129,6 @@ cat etc/requests.jsonl | ./ripley -pace "30s@1" -dry-run
 ```bash
 go test pkg/*.go
 ```
+
+## Releasing new versions
+Push a new tag to `main` to trigger the GoReleaser process.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ed2334f..a31f08c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/loveholidays/ripley
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.22