diff --git a/.changelog/1346.fixed.txt b/.changelog/1346.fixed.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd3c420bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/1346.fixed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build: revert back to Go 1.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
index 9d38caed65..1b6415cd08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_builds.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.4"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
index 8094e26a3f..2ea2224b42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.4"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
index 09ac99171d..3ef0cb438d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_builds.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.4"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
index e1a45fe8e5..b537faa297 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-build.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.4"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-test.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow-test.yml
index 32b6083b05..2a834fbfa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.21.4"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.11"
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/Dockerfile_local b/Dockerfile_local
index 9ffb14673e..9115fe0545 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_local
+++ b/Dockerfile_local
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.20.11-alpine as builder
 ADD . /src
 WORKDIR /src/otelcolbuilder/
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
diff --git a/vagrant/provision.sh b/vagrant/provision.sh
index 17ccb6adb1..90717ba2db 100644
--- a/vagrant/provision.sh
+++ b/vagrant/provision.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-export GO_VERSION="1.21.4"
+export GO_VERSION="1.20.11"
 
 sudo apt update -y
 sudo apt install -y \