diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index d4a84fc6d..295f74e73 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: ~1.23.0
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
       # 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 52b769bd4..9d6aa53bd 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: ~1.23.0
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
       # 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 46f8b85c5..45878ed52 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: ~1.23.0
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.1
       # 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 ee2622b58..6d794b910 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: "~1.23.0"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
       # 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 bed2d9a4f..69386ff49 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: "~1.23.0"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
       # 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 591ba7d8f..ad8771d16 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: "~1.23.0"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.1"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false