diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 901b93858..f29018922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 7c00f5bc5..42bee0ca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index a00308517..24d0d11ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 6d794b910..85e4a3688 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 69386ff49..c8d7ff91b 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index ad8771d16..01c85bff6 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false