diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 052f0a697..c5570abce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,19 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      -
+        name: Read go version
+        id: go-version
+        uses: juliangruber/read-file-action@v1
+        with:
+          path: ./.go-version
       -
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
-        with: # Ideally this should be picked up from .go-version rather than hard-coded
-          go-version: 1.14.1
+        with:
+          # TODO: Replace with go-version-from-file when it is supported
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/62
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go-version.outputs.content }}
       -
         name: Snapshot build (cross-platform)
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v1
@@ -45,11 +53,19 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      -
+        name: Read go version
+        id: go-version
+        uses: juliangruber/read-file-action@v1
+        with:
+          path: ./.go-version
       -
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
-        with: # Ideally this should be picked up from .go-version rather than hard-coded
-          go-version: 1.14.1
+        with:
+          # TODO: Replace with go-version-from-file when it is supported
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/62
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go-version.outputs.content }}
       -
         name: Go mod verify
         run: go mod verify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6ea798815..1a2168b68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Unshallow
         run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      -
+        name: Read go version
+        id: go-version
+        uses: juliangruber/read-file-action@v1
+        with:
+          path: ./.go-version
       -
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v1
-        with: # Ideally this should be picked up from .go-version rather than hard-coded
-          go-version: 1.14.1
+        with:
+          # TODO: Replace with go-version-from-file when it is supported
+          # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/62
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go-version.outputs.content }}
       -
         name: Install hc-codesign
         run: |