diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 04795527b..2d99d7ef3 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/containerd/containerd/api
 
-go 1.22.0
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.2.3