diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7024052..834f887 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   # must be same as official ipfs builds. See distributions/.tool-versions
-  GO_VERSION: "1.21.6"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
   build-artifacts: