diff --git a/.github/wireguard-go-releaser.yml b/.github/wireguard-go-releaser.yml
index 3d8566c..a2a69d4 100644
--- a/.github/wireguard-go-releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/wireguard-go-releaser.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project_name: Build wireguard-go
 before:
   hooks:
-    - go mod tidy -v
+    - go mod tidy -v -go=1.18
 builds:
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0