diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index f947947d5bb..a1804d12d5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           check-latest: true
       - name: Run lint action
         uses: ./.github/workflows/lint-action
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           check-latest: true
       - name: Run test action
         uses: ./.github/workflows/test-action
diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
index bb7d1c1f327..cd29671f598 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           check-latest: true
       - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf # v3
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@988b5a0280414f521da01fcc63a27aeeb4b104db # v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease-check.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease-check.yml
index 241dad834a7..b95852bf2c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease-check.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           check-latest: true
       - name: Run lint action
         uses: ./.github/workflows/lint-action
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           check-latest: true
       - name: Run test action
         uses: ./.github/workflows/test-action
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
index e008e00ea94..99003e702e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # v5.0.2
         with:
-          go-version-file: .go-version
+          go-version: stable
           cache: true
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 928ebcee413..538c7fd9b7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /coverage.html
 *.tar
 *.pprof
+.go-version
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bf5ad0447d..00000000000
--- a/.go-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-stable