diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 461b585..051c0b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: ^1.18
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
index 7cc1fd7..782296b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
+        go-version: ^1.18
 
     - name: Run gofmt
       # gofmt does not return non-zero exit codes on failure, so we have to check that there are no issues using grep.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
+          go-version: ^1.18
 
       - name: Run all unit tests
         run: go test -v ./...