diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 66a1a29b..3bb4c13e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+        go-version: '1.23'
         check-latest: true
     - name: Build and push all image variations
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
index 76a67362..b7bcdbc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+          go-version: '1.23'
           check-latest: true
       - name: Build operator
         run: make operator
diff --git a/.trivyignore b/.trivyignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fb30ba70..00000000
--- a/.trivyignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Requires upgrading to Go 1.21 but we can't do this before Rancher v2.7 gets updated 
-CVE-2023-45288
-CVE-2024-24790
-CVE-2024-34156
\ No newline at end of file