diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
index 50118e612..1121853d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 3
+          go-version: 1.23
           check-latest: true
           cache: true
       - name: Verify go.mod is tidy