diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0d0d070e..87024c39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/segmentio/topicctl
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.12