diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index 9fbe9a86e..e5a10267d 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ipfs/boxo/examples
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.24.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f463a00d6..ede91852e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ipfs/boxo
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20231202071711-9a357b53e9c9