diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 6e0cbae40..5f1c28df3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "CODEQL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES_SWIFT=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ~1.21.1
+        go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+        cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         languages: go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 97db9e5c6..7d55eaa06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "CODEQL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES_SWIFT=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ~1.21.1
+        go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+        cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         languages: go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 2ed8d2ade..a1e9bb5ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "CODEQL_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES_SWIFT=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ~1.21.1
+        go-version: ~1.22.0
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+        cache: false
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 8a1c75782..f5e5a963d 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "~1.21.1"
+      go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 46d0f07d8..da0939f19 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "~1.21.1"
+      go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index bdcedf040..203d77946 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "~1.21.1"
+      go-version: "~1.22.0"
+      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go