diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index adc97d8e22..66e2ae6c25 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18
+1.19.1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e7243c744..08c05d02b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ endif
 .PHONY: ci-binary-smoke-test-%
 ci-binary-smoke-test-%:
 	chmod +x "$(RELEASE_DIR)/$(BINARY)"
+	"$(RELEASE_DIR)/$(BINARY)" version
 	"$(RELEASE_DIR)/$(BINARY)" eval -t "$*" 'time.now_ns()'
 
 .PHONY: push-binary-edge