diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 943a7d2743..45aa93b077 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key: ${{ matrix.target }}
           cache-on-failure: true
+      
+      - name: Install go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '^1.22.1'
+        
+      - name: Check go installation
+        run: |
+          go version
 
       - name: Set up git private repo access
         run: |
diff --git a/sp1up/sp1up b/sp1up/sp1up
index a5a26a95f2..d3f7f62d20 100644
--- a/sp1up/sp1up
+++ b/sp1up/sp1up
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ main() {
 
   # Install by downloading binaries
   if [[ "$SP1UP_REPO" == "succinctlabs/sp1" && -z "$SP1UP_BRANCH" && -z "$SP1UP_COMMIT" ]]; then
-    SP1UP_VERSION=${SP1UP_VERSION:-nightly}
+    SP1UP_VERSION=${SP1UP_VERSION:-main}
     SP1UP_TAG=$SP1UP_VERSION
 
-    # Normalize versions (handle channels, versions without v prefix
-    if [[ "$SP1UP_VERSION" =~ ^nightly ]]; then
-      SP1UP_VERSION="nightly"
+    # Normalize versions (handle channels, versions without v prefix)
+    if [[ "$SP1UP_VERSION" == "main" ]]; then
+      SP1UP_VERSION="main"
     elif [[ "$SP1UP_VERSION" == [[:digit:]]* ]]; then
       # Add v prefix
       SP1UP_VERSION="v${SP1UP_VERSION}"