diff --git a/.github/env/global.env b/.github/env/global.env
index c01adb125..e8ff582eb 100644
--- a/.github/env/global.env
+++ b/.github/env/global.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-      DAPR_CLI_VERSION: 1.14.0-rc.8
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VERSION: 1.14.0-rc.5
-      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v${DAPR_CLI_VERSION}/install/
-      DAPR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY: ghcr
-      MACOS_PYTHON_VERSION: 3.10
+DAPR_CLI_VERSION: 1.14.0-rc.8
+DAPR_RUNTIME_VERSION: 1.14.0-rc.6
+DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v${DAPR_CLI_VERSION}/install/
+DAPR_DEFAULT_IMAGE_REGISTRY: ghcr
+MACOS_PYTHON_VERSION: 3.10
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_go_quickstarts.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate_go_quickstarts.yaml
index 8c9e5ce68..bd12bfed9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_go_quickstarts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_go_quickstarts.yaml
@@ -95,19 +95,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           pip3 install setuptools wheel
           pip3 install mechanical-markdown
-      - name: Checkout Dapr
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-           repository: dapr/dapr
-           ref: df7ece7b8b717b991b22e0e94556e3b16effd034
-           path: './dapr-dapr'
-      - name: Build Dapr
-        run: |
-           cd ./dapr-dapr/
-           make build
-      - name: Override dapr
-        run: |
-           cp ./dapr-dapr/dist/linux_amd64/release/daprd ~/.dapr/bin/daprd
       - name: Validate building blocks with GO
         run: |
           variants=("http" "sdk")