diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 628fddada6..4967057364 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ default: install
 # Create and update the vendor directory
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor:
-	go mod tidy -go $(GOVERSION)
+	go mod tidy -go $(GOVERSION).0
 	go mod vendor
 
 .PHONY: vendorcheck
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 182c705656..f6b9677c5c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/crc-org/crc/v2
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 255c1df733..564ff99ad5 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/crc-org/crc/tools
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/cfergeau/gomod2rpmdeps v0.0.0-20210223144124-2042c4850ca8
diff --git a/update-go-version.sh b/update-go-version.sh
index 4a046dc54d..14be9b8c10 100755
--- a/update-go-version.sh
+++ b/update-go-version.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 golang_base_version=$1
 echo "Updating golang version to $golang_base_version"
 
-go mod edit -go ${golang_base_version}
-go mod edit -go ${golang_base_version} tools/go.mod
+go mod edit -go "${golang_base_version}.0"
+go mod edit -go "${golang_base_version}.0" tools/go.mod
+
 sed -i "s,^GOVERSION = 1.[0-9]\+,GOVERSION = ${golang_base_version}," Makefile
 sed -i "s,^\(FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:rhel-8-release-golang-\)1.[0-9]\+,\1${golang_base_version}," images/*/Dockerfile
 sed -i "s,^FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/go-toolset:[.0-9]\+,FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/go-toolset:${golang_base_version}," images/*/Dockerfile