diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit-bootnodes.yml b/.github/workflows/audit-bootnodes.yml
index 64c820cbc0..72747c9ea5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit-bootnodes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit-bootnodes.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-core.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-core.yml
index 5e13d307d3..85641b53ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-core.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-trie.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-trie.yml
index 438aec66c6..319167ae0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-trie.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-trie.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-vm.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-vm.yml
index d8e01eb0f6..c4f75e571f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-vm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-vm.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/evmc.yml b/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
index db5887fce7..e9e50d4686 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/evmc.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-generate-check.yml b/.github/workflows/go-generate-check.yml
index a40179e98d..6c1464a93b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-generate-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-generate-check.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         id: go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.19
+          go-version: '1.20'
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
index ff8f0e748e..3dcbcd6b52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - name: Cache lookup (Linux/ARM)
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
index 26a3a1ee9e..c432e84637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         id: go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ^1.20
+          go-version: '1.20'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with: