diff --git a/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_arp_linux.go b/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_arp_linux.go
index 8f41a960dd..b85688b7ac 100644
--- a/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_arp_linux.go
+++ b/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_arp_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package l2disco
 
 import (
diff --git a/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_na_linux.go b/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_na_linux.go
index 017e95d734..1944df027f 100644
--- a/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_na_linux.go
+++ b/libnetwork/internal/l2disco/unsol_na_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package l2disco
 
 import (
diff --git a/libnetwork/osl/interface_linux.go b/libnetwork/osl/interface_linux.go
index 880fed69ab..004fb9ff92 100644
--- a/libnetwork/osl/interface_linux.go
+++ b/libnetwork/osl/interface_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package osl
 
 import (
diff --git a/testutil/daemon/daemon.go b/testutil/daemon/daemon.go
index c786c1d499..0bd5b208ae 100644
--- a/testutil/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/testutil/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package daemon // import "github.com/docker/docker/testutil/daemon"
 
 import (