diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index 1c3c64b0..cc405dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
         go-version: stable
+    - name: build
+      run: go build .
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
-    - name: build
-      run: go build .
     - name: test
       run: go test ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-publish.yml
index 466ed67e..b9882614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-publish.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  go-versions:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/go-versions.yml
 
   release-ldcli:
-    needs: go-versions
     permissions:
       id-token: write # Needed to obtain Docker tokens
       contents: write # Needed to upload release artifacts
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         actions: read
         id-token: write
         contents: write
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v1.10.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v2.0.0
     with:
         base64-subjects: "${{ needs.release-ldcli.outputs.hashes }}"
         upload-assets: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index d43be0d4..5e99fa76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  go-versions:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/go-versions.yml
-
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
@@ -26,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write # Needed to obtain Docker tokens
       contents: write # Needed to upload release artifacts
-    needs: [ release-please, go-versions ]
+    needs: [ release-please ]
     if: always() && (needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' || github.event_name == 'pull_request')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs: