diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index ff727b8c5e..96ec177253 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ linters:
     - errcheck
 
 run:
+  # prevent golangci-lint from deducting the go version to lint for through go.mod,
+  # which causes it to fallback to go1.17 semantics.
+  go: "1.23.2"
   timeout: 5m
 
 linters-settings: