diff --git a/cli/command/image/push.go b/cli/command/image/push.go
index 9b1f78784b..ffa6f44fac 100644
--- a/cli/command/image/push.go
+++ b/cli/command/image/push.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.19
+
 package image
 
 import (