diff --git a/ci/settings.yml b/ci/settings.yml
index d6fb821..5662ec9 100644
--- a/ci/settings.yml
+++ b/ci/settings.yml
@@ -161,15 +161,16 @@ jobs:
                   | xargs -0 -I{} cp -a {} "repo-bumped"
               cd "repo-bumped" || exit 115
 
-              awk '/^go /{print $2}' go.mod > ../golang-info/previous-version
+              awk '/^toolchain /{sub(/go/,"",$2); print $2}' go.mod \
+                  > ../golang-info/previous-version
+
               (
                   set -x
                   toolchain_version=$(go version | awk '{print $3}')
-                  go_version=$(
-                      go version | awk '{sub(/go/,"",$3); print $3}'
-                  )
+                  go_version=${toolchain_version#"go"}
                   inferred_go_min_version="${go_version%.*}.0"
                   sed -i -Ee "s/^go [[:digit:].]+\$/go ${inferred_go_min_version}/" go.mod
+                  sed -i -Ee "s/^toolchain go[[:digit:].]+\$/toolchain ${toolchain_version}/" go.mod
                   go get -t -u ./...
                   go mod tidy