diff --git a/.github/workflows/__all-platform-bundle.yml b/.github/workflows/__all-platform-bundle.yml
index 99b6b7bb49..9a1ee56b34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__all-platform-bundle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__all-platform-bundle.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'true'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - id: init
         uses: ./../action/init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__analyze-ref-input.yml b/.github/workflows/__analyze-ref-input.yml
index 52294f42dd..3a94ed3b2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__analyze-ref-input.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__analyze-ref-input.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__build-mode-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/__build-mode-manual.yml
index cae260261f..953af3a8ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__build-mode-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__build-mode-manual.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         id: init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__export-file-baseline-information.yml b/.github/workflows/__export-file-baseline-information.yml
index 2f48ad4c5c..31de633f0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__export-file-baseline-information.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__export-file-baseline-information.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         id: init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
index 5459ab3f05..7a6c551027 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           languages: go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
index 7136d70ce8..6cf6f6f242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
           go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           languages: go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
index 341f4f70af..3e005174f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
           go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - name: Remove `file` program
         run: |
           echo $(which file)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
index 24c95104db..c47bc56b90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
           go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           languages: go
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 5adae3f44b..85a9fae079 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ~1.24.0
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
           cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 99d162e71c..02f1e1dac9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ~1.24.0
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
           cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 76427e8135..b6049c158d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: ~1.24.0
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
           cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml b/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
index b323d506b6..2d8c934173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: '>=1.21.0'
-
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         id: init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
index bb54bc83a7..0106bbdbf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
index 125ca7a7de..2488807707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
index db3e9b7ed5..620406f77f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
index c5f4bdc355..3c467484d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging2.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml b/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
index a615c66ad3..6041b0fb45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
index c1e0058c16..fe7f0dad63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__swift-custom-build.yml b/.github/workflows/__swift-custom-build.yml
index 1e6009c66c..b2ee00c490 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__swift-custom-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__swift-custom-build.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         id: init
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
index c14d9543aa..3f565ca628 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - name: Fetch a CodeQL bundle
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml b/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
index 82ac0e60b9..2464da7aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         id: init
         with:
@@ -54,9 +59,6 @@ jobs:
       # Swift is not supported on Ubuntu so we manually exclude it from the list here
           languages: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby
           tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
       - name: Build code
         shell: bash
         run: env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$HOME" ./build.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__upload-ref-sha-input.yml b/.github/workflows/__upload-ref-sha-input.yml
index a1a5ad4b89..e7ec0542b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__upload-ref-sha-input.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__upload-ref-sha-input.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - uses: ./../action/init
         with:
           tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__with-checkout-path.yml b/.github/workflows/__with-checkout-path.yml
index 524f965175..3be22ef2b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__with-checkout-path.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__with-checkout-path.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           use-all-platform-bundle: 'false'
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '>=1.21.0'
+          cache: false
       - name: Delete original checkout
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/all-platform-bundle.yml b/pr-checks/checks/all-platform-bundle.yml
index 665152427d..ed68196aaa 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/all-platform-bundle.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/all-platform-bundle.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ description: "Tests using an all-platform CodeQL Bundle"
 versions: ["nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 useAllPlatformBundle: "true"
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - id: init
     uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       # Swift is not supported on Ubuntu so we manually exclude it from the list here
-      languages: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby 
+      languages: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby
       tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
   - name: Build code
     shell: bash
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/analyze-ref-input.yml b/pr-checks/checks/analyze-ref-input.yml
index e790b86743..c0077c20e7 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/analyze-ref-input.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/analyze-ref-input.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Analyze: 'ref' and 'sha' from inputs"
 description: "Checks that specifying 'ref' and 'sha' as inputs works"
 versions: ["default"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/build-mode-manual.yml b/pr-checks/checks/build-mode-manual.yml
index add7d04d40..4e62714984 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/build-mode-manual.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/build-mode-manual.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: "Build mode manual"
 description: "An end-to-end integration test of a Java repository built using 'build-mode: manual'"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 versions: ["nightly-latest"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     id: init
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/export-file-baseline-information.yml b/pr-checks/checks/export-file-baseline-information.yml
index 5077b461e8..10f7bf752e 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/export-file-baseline-information.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/export-file-baseline-information.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Export file baseline information"
 description: "Tests that file baseline information is exported when the feature is enabled"
 versions: ["nightly-latest"]
+installGo: "true"
 env:
   CODEQL_ACTION_SUBLANGUAGE_FILE_COVERAGE: true
 steps:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
index dd3819911f..2b3258bc73 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ operatingSystems:
 versions:
   - linked
   - nightly-latest
+installGo: "true"
 env:
   DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE: "false"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: ">=1.21.0"
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
index 0638262bfe..7e0acbe6d1 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-diagnostic.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ description: "Checks that we emit a diagnostic if Go is changed after the init s
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 # pinned to a version which does not support statically linked binaries for indirect tracing
 versions: ["default"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
-      go-version: ">=1.21.0"
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
index e7e6ee9a0a..830dea00f7 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround-no-file-program.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ description: "Checks that we emit a diagnostic if the `file` program is not inst
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 # pinned to a version which does not support statically linked binaries for indirect tracing
 versions: ["default"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
-      go-version: ">=1.21.0"
   - name: Remove `file` program
     run: |
       echo $(which file)
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
index fff42da97a..859b0516bd 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-indirect-tracing-workaround.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ description: "Checks that our workaround for indirect tracing for Go 1.21+ on Li
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
 # pinned to a version which does not support statically linked binaries for indirect tracing
 versions: ["default"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      # We need a Go version that ships with statically linked binaries on Linux
-      go-version: ">=1.21.0"
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 8fd2987e5e..85d8c486bf 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,8 @@ description: "Checks that Go tracing works when using an autobuilder step"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 env:
   DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE: "false"
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: "~1.24.0"
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
-      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 908c458410..4b7b11582f 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 name: "Go: tracing with custom build steps"
 description: "Checks that Go tracing traces the build when using custom build steps"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: "~1.24.0"
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
-      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index f544af0270..5cec8818ce 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,8 @@ description: "Checks that we run the autobuilder in legacy workflows with neithe
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 env:
   DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE: "false"
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: "~1.24.0"
-      # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
-      # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
-      cache: false
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       languages: go
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml b/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
index 24049fb723..197c99afbe 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 name: "Multi-language repository"
 description: "An end-to-end integration test of a multi-language repository using automatic language detection for macOS"
 operatingSystems: ["macos", "ubuntu"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: ">=1.21.0"
-
   - uses: ./../action/init
     id: init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
index c4d745cf42..13e7d56173 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-codescanning-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config and input passed to the CLI"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using a combination of a config file and input to the Action works"
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
index ca7c2de9b2..869c9f6bde 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config and input"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using a combination of a config file and input to the Action works"
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
index 6b94d2f19c..d126913448 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Packaging: Config file"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using only a config file works"
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
index 77f3fd4033..ae3a79a370 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Packaging: Action input"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using the input to the Action works"
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml b/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
index 75798dec03..0b35acbe1a 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ operatingSystems:
 versions:
   - linked
   - nightly-latest
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
index 771f65b669..899d6b6e1b 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: "Split workflow"
 description: "Tests a split-up workflow in which we first build a database and later analyze it"
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"] # This feature is not compatible with old CLIs
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/swift-custom-build.yml b/pr-checks/checks/swift-custom-build.yml
index bde017eaf1..31c6a55abd 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/swift-custom-build.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/swift-custom-build.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: "Swift analysis using a custom build command"
 description: "Tests creation of a Swift database using custom build"
 versions: ["linked", "default", "nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["macos"]
+installGo: "true"
 env:
   DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE: "false"
 steps:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml b/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
index 8b1f220093..da52eeea8f 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: "Local CodeQL bundle"
 description: "Tests using a CodeQL bundle from a local file rather than a URL"
 versions: ["nightly-latest"]
 operatingSystems: ["ubuntu"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - name: Fetch a CodeQL bundle
     shell: bash
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml b/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
index 48cc7e9b3c..67595a5c7c 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@ operatingSystems:
 versions:
   - linked
   - nightly-latest
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     id: init
     with:
       db-location: ${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation
       # Swift is not supported on Ubuntu so we manually exclude it from the list here
-      languages: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby 
+      languages: cpp,csharp,go,java,javascript,python,ruby
       tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
-  - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-    with:
-      go-version: '>=1.21.0'
   - name: Build code
     shell: bash
     run: env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$HOME" ./build.sh
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/upload-ref-sha-input.yml b/pr-checks/checks/upload-ref-sha-input.yml
index dea1b935e5..f19b1a6763 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/upload-ref-sha-input.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/upload-ref-sha-input.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Upload-sarif: 'ref' and 'sha' from inputs"
 description: "Checks that specifying 'ref' and 'sha' as inputs works"
 versions: ["default"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/with-checkout-path.yml b/pr-checks/checks/with-checkout-path.yml
index cf5a27a838..62e2adf2b3 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/with-checkout-path.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/with-checkout-path.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "Use a custom `checkout_path`"
 description: "Checks that a custom `checkout_path` will find the proper commit_oid"
 versions: ["linked"]
+installGo: "true"
 steps:
   # This ensures we don't accidentally use the original checkout for any part of the test.
   - name: Delete original checkout
diff --git a/pr-checks/sync.py b/pr-checks/sync.py
index 9986f2ae96..c8a2ff196f 100755
--- a/pr-checks/sync.py
+++ b/pr-checks/sync.py
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ def writeHeader(checkStream):
         },
     ]
 
+    installGo = False
+    if checkSpecification.get('installGo'):
+        installGo = True if checkSpecification['installGo'].lower() == "true" else False
+
+    if installGo:
+        steps.append({
+            'name': 'Install Go',
+            'uses': 'actions/setup-go@v5',
+            'with': {
+                'go-version': '>=1.21.0',
+                # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
+                # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
+                'cache': False
+            }
+        })
+
     # If container initialisation steps are present in the check specification,
     # make sure to execute them first.
     if 'container' in checkSpecification and 'container-init-steps' in checkSpecification:
diff --git a/tests/multi-language-repo/build.sh b/tests/multi-language-repo/build.sh
index 3ebb97fb0c..e0c4a55390 100755
--- a/tests/multi-language-repo/build.sh
+++ b/tests/multi-language-repo/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
 
 gcc -o main main.c