diff --git a/.github/workflows/mmctl-test-template.yml b/.github/workflows/mmctl-test-template.yml
index 7b42864cfc..73ed28feae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mmctl-test-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mmctl-test-template.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ on:
       logsartifact:
         required: true
         type: string
-env:
-  go-version: "1.20.7"
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: ${{ inputs.name }}
@@ -26,16 +25,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        working-directory: ./server
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: server/go.sum
       - name: Run setup-go-work
         run: |
           cd server
           make setup-go-work
-      - name: Setup needed prepackaged plugins 
+      - name: Setup needed prepackaged plugins
         run: |
           cd server
           make prepackaged-plugins PLUGIN_PACKAGES=mattermost-plugin-jira-v3.2.5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-ci-master.yml b/.github/workflows/server-ci-master.yml
index a482309afc..61d8c2c800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-ci-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-ci-master.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ on:
       - cloud
       - release-*
       - mono-repo*
-env:
-  go-version: "1.20.7"
 
 jobs:
   master-ci:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-ci-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/server-ci-pr.yml
index 7a51212bb5..b3ea302202 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-ci-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-ci-pr.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ on:
       - "server/**"
       - "e2e-tests/**"
       - ".github/**"
-env:
-  go-version: "1.20.7"
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-ci-template.yml b/.github/workflows/server-ci-template.yml
index 0a2d05b0a7..6de027f9aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-ci-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-ci-template.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ name: Server CI Template
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
-env:
-  go-version: "1.20.7"
-
 jobs:
   check-mocks:
     name: Check mocks
@@ -18,10 +15,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -62,10 +65,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -82,10 +88,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -104,10 +113,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -128,10 +140,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -176,10 +191,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -198,10 +216,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -220,10 +241,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost-server
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -284,10 +308,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: |
             server/go.sum
             server/public/go.sum
@@ -297,7 +324,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
           cache: npm
-          cache-dependency-path: 'webapp/package-lock.json'
+          cache-dependency-path: "webapp/package-lock.json"
       - name: Run setup-go-work
         run: make setup-go-work
       - name: Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-test-template.yml b/.github/workflows/server-test-template.yml
index 52c7768567..70587af73c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-test-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-test-template.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ on:
       logsartifact:
         required: true
         type: string
-env:
-  go-version: "1.20.7"
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: ${{ inputs.name }}
@@ -26,10 +25,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout mattermost project
         uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      - name: Calculate Golang Version
+        id: go
+        working-directory: ./server
+        run: echo GO_VERSION=$(cat .go-version) >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4d34df0c2316fe8122ab82dc22947d607c0c91f9 # v4.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.go-version }}
+          go-version: ${{ steps.go.outputs.GO_VERSION }}
           cache-dependency-path: server/go.sum
       - name: Run docker compose
         run: |
diff --git a/server/.go-version b/server/.go-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6597009a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/.go-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.20.7
\ No newline at end of file