diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index f29018922..a5c62d9e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.3
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index 42bee0ca9..5b68a6e26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.3
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 24d0d11ec..6c2c82e4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           setup-kotlin: 'true'
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.2
+          go-version: 1.24.0-rc.3
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
           cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
index 85e4a3688..2de1c3af9 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-autobuilder.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.3"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
index c8d7ff91b..06bb67d5d 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-custom-build-steps.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ operatingSystems: ["ubuntu", "macos"]
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.3"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
index 01c85bff6..510b79c95 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-tracing-legacy-workflow.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
     with:
-      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.2"
+      go-version: "1.24.0-rc.3"
       # to avoid potentially misleading autobuilder results where we expect it to download
       # dependencies successfully, but they actually come from a warm cache
       cache: false