diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 6681c8c19ab..98adfe8e122 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.19.8
+1.19.7
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index a52e8ade416..8957c7d6429 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ linters-settings:
 
   gosimple:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.19.8"
+    go: "1.19.7"
 
   nakedret:
     # make an issue if func has more lines of code than this setting and it has naked returns; default is 30
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@ linters-settings:
 
   staticcheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.19.8"
+    go: "1.19.7"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   stylecheck:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.19.8"
+    go: "1.19.7"
     checks: ["all"]
 
   unused:
     # Select the Go version to target. The default is '1.13'.
-    go: "1.19.8"
+    go: "1.19.7"
 
   gosec:
     excludes:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 96019172216..479720cddef 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.19.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.19.7
 FROM circleci/golang:${GO_VERSION}
 
 
diff --git a/version/docs/version.asciidoc b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
index 89a8d6d548a..7720cd25faf 100644
--- a/version/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // FIXME: once elastic.co docs have been switched over to use `main`, remove
 // the `doc-site-branch` line below as well as any references to it in the code.
 :doc-site-branch: master
-:go-version: 1.19.8
+:go-version: 1.19.7
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12