diff --git a/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.spec.ts b/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.spec.ts
index 66290eb8ec7b100dfa706ac6c6466d190390d1b5..530cef6ef7635507d6cf13f5e98d1f14e5e7e173 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.spec.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ describe('datasource/go/get-datasource', () => {
         expect(res).toEqual({
           datasource: githubDatasource,
           lookupName: 'golang/text',
+          registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
         });
       });
 
diff --git a/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.ts b/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.ts
index cf4a818da9d5b618d095eae4afbcbaf0fead01fd..653e060fb70986da54e63efa3641a2652c467e91 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/go/get-datasource.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ async function goGetDatasource(goModule: string): Promise<DataSource | null> {
         lookupName: goSourceUrl
           .replace('https://github.com/', '')
           .replace(regEx(/\/$/), ''),
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       };
     }
     const gitlabUrl =
@@ -129,7 +130,11 @@ export async function getDatasource(
   if (goModule.startsWith('gopkg.in/')) {
     const [pkg] = goModule.replace('gopkg.in/', '').split('.');
     const lookupName = pkg.includes('/') ? pkg : `go-${pkg}/${pkg}`;
-    return { datasource: github.id, lookupName };
+    return {
+      datasource: github.id,
+      lookupName,
+      registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
+    };
   }
 
   if (goModule.startsWith('github.com/')) {
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ export async function getDatasource(
     return {
       datasource: github.id,
       lookupName,
+      registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
     };
   }
 
@@ -147,6 +153,7 @@ export async function getDatasource(
     return {
       datasource: bitbucket.id,
       lookupName,
+      registryUrl: 'https://bitbucket.org',
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/datasource/go/releases-direct.spec.ts b/lib/datasource/go/releases-direct.spec.ts
index ff1c6676f6d109d8bff380ebf624a267527ae25f..5f0e2a10cade0a412e9512a484a4048fa9efe320 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/go/releases-direct.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/go/releases-direct.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'golang/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       httpMock
         .scope('https://api.github.com/')
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'bitbucket-tags',
         lookupName: 'golang/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://bitbucket.org',
       });
       httpMock
         .scope('https://api.bitbucket.org/')
@@ -139,14 +141,17 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'go-x/x',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       httpMock
         .scope('https://api.github.com/')
@@ -199,14 +204,17 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       const packages = [
         { lookupName: 'github.com/x/text/a' },
@@ -236,10 +244,12 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       const packages = [
         { lookupName: 'github.com/x/text/a' },
@@ -267,6 +277,7 @@ describe('datasource/go/releases-direct', () => {
       ds.getDatasource.mockResolvedValueOnce({
         datasource: 'github-tags',
         lookupName: 'x/text',
+        registryUrl: 'https://github.com',
       });
       const pkg = { lookupName: 'github.com/x/text/b/v2' };
       const tags = [
diff --git a/lib/datasource/go/types.ts b/lib/datasource/go/types.ts
index 8eabe0696c0bdc00f36aec604035e7b4e96ac0b1..329e09493b5d8fd9466050734c40b094d345b0fc 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/go/types.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/go/types.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { GoproxyFallback } from './common';
 
 export interface DataSource {
   datasource: string;
-  registryUrl?: string;
+  registryUrl: string;
   lookupName: string;
 }