diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-race.yml b/.github/workflows/test-race.yml
index 5518a36b4..0406b2658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-race.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-race.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
       - name: Create a file with all core Cosmos SDK pkgs
         run: go list ./... > pkgs.txt
       - name: Split pkgs into 4 files
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index d72f7027c..67b769391 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2.2.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
       - name: Create a file with all core Cosmos SDK pkgs
         run:  go list ./... > pkgs.txt
       - name: Split pkgs into 4 files
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f9ed7e0d..bf1249784 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -155,3 +155,5 @@ replace github.com/99designs/keyring => github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.1.7-0.20210
 replace github.com/gin-gonic/gin => github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.0
 
 replace github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/db => ./db
+
+retract v0.43.0