diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index d933dad356..2dac8df673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22.5"
+          go-version-file: 'service/go.mod'
           check-latest: false
           cache-dependency-path: |
             examples/go.sum
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
       - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22.5"
+          go-version-file: 'service/go.mod'
           check-latest: false
           cache-dependency-path: |
             service/go.sum
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           against: "https://github.com/opentdf/platform.git#branch=main,subdir=service"
       - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22.5"
+          go-version-file: 'service/go.mod'
           check-latest: false
           cache-dependency-path: |
             service/go.sum
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
       - uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22.5"
+          go-version-file: 'service/go.mod'
           check-latest: false
           cache: false
       - name: install go-licenses
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index f8ccbe0459..3eeb008372 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 use (
 	./examples
diff --git a/service/go.mod b/service/go.mod
index c79be8015c..51f7eec5e3 100644
--- a/service/go.mod
+++ b/service/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/opentdf/platform/service
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.4