diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4c1a7d6b..d654a6a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+      - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+          go-version: "1.23.2"
       - name: Validate
         run: go run ./scripts/validate-contributor-readmes/main.go