diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index cb3f848..7626241 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
       - name: Checkout submodules
         run: git submodule update --init --recursive
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3 # we need go to build go-waku
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.19'
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           profile: minimal