diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project-v3/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project-v3/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb3c20442a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project-v3/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This action targets setup-go@v3 to support workers with old NodeJS
+# incompabible with newer versions of setup-go.
+#
+# Since github actions do not support dynamically configuring the
+# versions in a uses statement (e.g. `actions/setup-go@${{ var }}`) it
+# is necessary to define an action per version rather than one action
+# that can be parameterized.
+#
+# Must be run after actions/checkout to ensure go.mod is available to
+# source the desired go version from.
+
+name: 'Install Go toolchain with project defaults'
+description: 'Install a go toolchain with project defaults'
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set the project Go version in the environment
+      run: .github/workflows/go_version_env.sh >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      with:
+        go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+        check-latest: true
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6acb085a72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go-for-project/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# This action targets the project default version of setup-go. For
+# workers with old NodeJS incompabible with newer versions of
+# setup-go, try setup-go-for-project-v3.
+#
+# Since github actions do not support dynamically configuring the
+# versions in a uses statement (e.g. `actions/setup-go@${{ var }}`) it
+# is necessary to define an action per version rather than one action
+# that can be parameterized.
+#
+# Must be run after actions/checkout to ensure go.mod is available to
+# source the desired go version from.
+
+name: 'Install Go toolchain with project defaults'
+description: 'Install a go toolchain with project defaults'
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set the project Go version in the environment
+      run: .github/workflows/go_version_env.sh >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
+        check-latest: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 426b60f9c546..b3ec0656300a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [macos-12, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, [self-hosted, linux, ARM64, focal], [self-hosted, linux, ARM64, jammy]]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: .github/workflows/go_version_env.sh >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version: '${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
-          check-latest: true
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go-for-project-v3
       - name: Set timeout on Windows # Windows UT run slower and need a longer timeout
         shell: bash
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-2022'
@@ -61,11 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: .github/workflows/go_version_env.sh >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          check-latest: true
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go-for-project
       - name: Build AvalancheGo Binary
         shell: bash
         run: ./scripts/build.sh -r