diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c68d64c1c84..24b8e604e5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ release-manager-snapshot:
 ## release-manager-release : Builds a snapshot release. The Go version defined in .go-version will be installed and used for the build.
 .PHONY: release-manager-release
 release-manager-release:
-	./.ci/scripts/install-go.sh
+	GO_VERSION=$(shell cat ./.go-version) ./.ci/scripts/install-go.sh
 	$(MAKE) release
 
 ## beats-dashboards : Collects dashboards from all Beats and generates a zip file distribution.