diff --git a/.build/release.yaml b/.build/release.yaml
index 227b40b6..1c4021bb 100644
--- a/.build/release.yaml
+++ b/.build/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Run this from your dev environment:
 #  gcloud builds submit --project=cloud-sql-connectors --config=.build/release.yaml --substitutions=_TEST_BUILD_ID=0000-dirty-$(date "+%s")
 steps:
-  - name: 'golang:1.22'
+  - name: 'golang:1.20'
     entrypoint: bash
     args:
       - '-c'