diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index c70dafe0c..7286ab557 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ jobs:
   integration-test:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        runner: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04-arm]
+        runner: 
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - ubuntu-22.04-arm
+        go:
+          - stable
+          - oldstable
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     container: golang:1.24.2-bookworm@sha256:00eccd446e023d3cd9566c25a6e6a02b90db3e1e0bbe26a48fc29cd96e800901
     steps:
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0aaccfd150d50ccaeb58ebd88d36e91967a5f35b # v5
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
           check-latest: true
           cache-dependency-path: |
             go.sum
diff --git a/examples/httpPlusdb/go.mod b/examples/httpPlusdb/go.mod
index a87c5098e..cf88f9da3 100644
--- a/examples/httpPlusdb/go.mod
+++ b/examples/httpPlusdb/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/httpPlusdb
 
-go 1.24.1
+go 1.23.0
 
 require github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.27
diff --git a/examples/rolldice/frontend/go.mod b/examples/rolldice/frontend/go.mod
index baa7d2cc6..67c931ca5 100644
--- a/examples/rolldice/frontend/go.mod
+++ b/examples/rolldice/frontend/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/rolldice/frontend
 
-go 1.24.1
+go 1.23.0
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/rolldice/user => ../user/
 
diff --git a/examples/rolldice/user/go.mod b/examples/rolldice/user/go.mod
index 0cc7901ea..7e7017523 100644
--- a/examples/rolldice/user/go.mod
+++ b/examples/rolldice/user/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/rolldice/user
 
-go 1.24.1
+go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.27