diff --git a/script/setup/install-runc b/script/setup/install-runc
index 07a3be7c8..6bdd023ce 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-runc
+++ b/script/setup/install-runc
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ function install_runc() {
 	: "${RUNC_REPO:=https://github.com/opencontainers/runc.git}"
 
 	TMPROOT=$(mktemp -d)
+	# runc is incompatible with Go 1.22 on glibc-based distros
+	# https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/4233
+	GO121DIR="${TMPROOT}"/go121
+	mkdir -p "${GO121DIR}"
+	GOBIN="${GO121DIR}" go install golang.org/dl/go1.21.9@latest
+	GO121="${GO121DIR}"/go1.21.9
+	$GO121 download
 	git clone "${RUNC_REPO}" "${TMPROOT}"/runc
 	pushd "${TMPROOT}"/runc
 	git checkout "${RUNC_VERSION}"
-	make BUILDTAGS='seccomp' runc
-	$SUDO make install
+	make GO=$GO121 BUILDTAGS='seccomp' runc
+	$SUDO make GO=$GO121 install
 	popd
 	rm -fR "${TMPROOT}"
 }