diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.lock.yml
index a9986573807..c4500c309db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.lock.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Create gh-aw temp directory
         run: bash /opt/gh-aw/actions/create_gh_aw_tmp_dir.sh
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6
+        with:
+          cache: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
       # Repo memory git-based storage configuration from frontmatter processed below
       - name: Clone repo-memory branch (default)
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.md b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.md
index 5749c571da4..26a0bcd67e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-cli-performance.md
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ timeout-minutes: 20
 strict: true
 imports:
   - shared/reporting.md
+steps:
+  - name: Setup Go
+    uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+    with:
+      go-version-file: go.mod
+      cache: true
 ---
 
 {{#runtime-import? .github/shared-instructions.md}}