diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/go/__fixtures__/go-kit.list.txt b/lib/modules/datasource/go/__fixtures__/go-kit.list.txt
index 0a6a741aa3fac61e0628d173290dd1cfc638b0b9..1603f3f25f0bc4cbfcccb7e328a56f01848440e7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/go/__fixtures__/go-kit.list.txt
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/go/__fixtures__/go-kit.list.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v0.7.0
+v0.7.0 2345-01-01T12:34:56Z
 v0.3.0
 v0.8.0
 v0.6.0
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ v0.5.0
 v0.9.0
 v0.4.0
 v0.1.0
-v0.2.0
+v0.2.0 foobar
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.spec.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.spec.ts
index 05b732865847651e3ffbd292a973dd37d86507f7..e2007264916a7ebdbac15672da1e4ce7901947d2 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.spec.ts
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ describe('modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy', () => {
       httpMock
         .scope(`${baseUrl}/github.com/google/btree`)
         .get('/@v/list')
-        .reply(200, 'v1.0.0\nv1.0.1\n')
-        .get('/@v/v1.0.0.info')
-        .reply(200, { Version: 'v1.0.0', Time: '2018-08-13T15:31:12Z' })
+        .reply(
+          200,
+          ['v1.0.0 2018-08-13T15:31:12Z', 'v1.0.1', '  \n'].join('\n')
+        )
         .get('/@v/v1.0.1.info')
         .reply(200, { Version: 'v1.0.1', Time: '2019-10-16T16:15:28Z' });
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.ts
index 89bcbe95d04fd99d27f29fa96a8b85c3988ab343..405bcb801aabf0785ccb7849a4670cc1ef2aa4cb 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/go/releases-goproxy.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import moo from 'moo';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { cache } from '../../../util/cache/package/decorator';
 import * as p from '../../../util/promises';
-import { regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
+import { newlineRegex, regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
 import { Datasource } from '../datasource';
 import type { GetReleasesConfig, Release, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
 import { BaseGoDatasource } from './base';
@@ -51,8 +52,14 @@ export class GoProxyDatasource extends Datasource {
           break;
         }
 
-        const versions = await this.listVersions(url, packageName);
-        const queue = versions.map((version) => async (): Promise<Release> => {
+        const releasesIndex = await this.listVersions(url, packageName);
+        const releases = await p.map(releasesIndex, async (versionInfo) => {
+          const { version, releaseTimestamp } = versionInfo;
+
+          if (releaseTimestamp) {
+            return { version, releaseTimestamp };
+          }
+
           try {
             return await this.versionInfo(url, packageName, version);
           } catch (err) {
@@ -60,7 +67,6 @@ export class GoProxyDatasource extends Datasource {
             return { version };
           }
         });
-        const releases = await p.all(queue);
         if (releases.length) {
           const datasource = await BaseGoDatasource.getDatasource(packageName);
           const sourceUrl = getSourceUrl(datasource);
@@ -198,13 +204,18 @@ export class GoProxyDatasource extends Datasource {
     return input.replace(regEx(/([A-Z])/g), (x) => `!${x.toLowerCase()}`);
   }
 
-  async listVersions(baseUrl: string, packageName: string): Promise<string[]> {
+  async listVersions(baseUrl: string, packageName: string): Promise<Release[]> {
     const url = `${baseUrl}/${this.encodeCase(packageName)}/@v/list`;
     const { body } = await this.http.get(url);
     return body
-      .split(regEx(/\s+/))
-      .filter(Boolean)
-      .filter((x) => x.indexOf('+') === -1);
+      .split(newlineRegex)
+      .filter(is.nonEmptyStringAndNotWhitespace)
+      .map((str) => {
+        const [version, releaseTimestamp] = str.split(regEx(/\s+/));
+        return DateTime.fromISO(releaseTimestamp).isValid
+          ? { version, releaseTimestamp }
+          : { version };
+      });
   }
 
   async versionInfo(