diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6d3c31930e..dc76f7152e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ on:
 
 name: Release
 
-env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.24.9"
-
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
 
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
             export PREFIX_LEN=12
             BUILD_ARGS="--build-arg GATEWAY --build-arg PREFIX_LEN"
           fi
-          docker buildx build ${cache} --build-arg RELEASE_VER --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=${{ matrix.dockerfile-ubuntu }} --build-arg GO_VERSION ${BUILD_ARGS} -f .github/workflows/release/Dockerfile --platform=${PLATFORM} -o releases/ .
+          docker buildx build ${cache} --build-arg RELEASE_VER --build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=${{ matrix.dockerfile-ubuntu }} ${BUILD_ARGS} -f .github/workflows/release/Dockerfile --platform=${PLATFORM} -o releases/ .
           echo PLATFORM_CLEAN=${PLATFORM/\//-} >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
           # Remove symlinks since we don't want these in the release Artifacts (if any)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
index eaecc619e2..1fe99a484b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=22.04
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
-ARG GO_VERSION
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.24.9
 ARG GO_IMAGE=golang:${GO_VERSION}
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM $GO_IMAGE AS go
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:1.6.1@sha256:923441d7c25f1e2eb5789f82d987693c47b8ed987c4ab3b075d6ed2b5d6779a3 AS xx