diff --git a/.github/workflows/golang.yaml b/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
index 38a77a33..fc5acb4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golang.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ name: Golang
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
     branches:
       - main
       - release-*
@@ -29,28 +32,45 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+      name: Checkout code
+    - name: Get Golang version
+      id: vars
+      run: |
+        GOLANG_VERSION=$( grep "GOLANG_VERSION :=" versions.mk )
+        echo "GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION##GOLANG_VERSION := }" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
     - name: Lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
       with:
         version: latest
         args: -v --timeout 5m
         skip-cache: true
+    - name: Check golang modules
+      run: make check-vendor
   test:
       name: Unit test
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout code
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - name: Get Golang version
+          id: vars
+          run: |
+            GOLANG_VERSION=$( grep "GOLANG_VERSION :=" versions.mk )
+            echo "GOLANG_VERSION=${GOLANG_VERSION##GOLANG_VERSION := }" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         - name: Install Go
           uses: actions/setup-go@v5
           with:
-            go-version: '1.20'
+            go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
         - run: make test
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      name: Checkout code
 
     - name: Build
       run: make docker-build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 629b978b..dd3e3a5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ EXAMPLE_TARGETS := $(patsubst %,example-%, $(EXAMPLES))
 CMDS := $(patsubst ./cmd/%/,%,$(sort $(dir $(wildcard ./cmd/*/))))
 CMD_TARGETS := $(patsubst %,cmd-%, $(CMDS))
 
-CHECK_TARGETS := golangci-lint
-MAKE_TARGETS := binaries build check fmt lint-internal test examples cmds coverage generate licenses $(CHECK_TARGETS)
+CHECK_TARGETS := lint
+MAKE_TARGETS := binaries build check fmt test examples cmds coverage generate licenses vendor check-vendor $(CHECK_TARGETS)
 
 TARGETS := $(MAKE_TARGETS) $(EXAMPLE_TARGETS) $(CMD_TARGETS)
 
@@ -87,9 +87,17 @@ goimports:
 	go list -f {{.Dir}} $(MODULE)/... \
 		| xargs goimports -local $(MODULE) -w
 
-golangci-lint:
+lint:
 	golangci-lint run ./...
 
+vendor:
+	go mod tidy
+	go mod vendor
+	go mod verify
+
+check-vendor: vendor
+	git diff --quiet HEAD -- go.mod go.sum vendor
+
 licenses:
 	go-licenses csv $(MODULE)/...
 
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 8a3872e7..c9dae147 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION := 2.14.0
 NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION := 3.14.0
 
 CUDA_VERSION := 12.3.2
-GOLANG_VERSION := 1.20.5
+GOLANG_VERSION := 1.22.1
 
 BUILDIMAGE_TAG ?= devel-go$(GOLANG_VERSION)
 BUILDIMAGE ?=  ghcr.io/nvidia/k8s-test-infra:$(BUILDIMAGE_TAG)