diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/artifacts.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/artifacts.spec.ts.snap
index 73e9ebdcdf8c2344f4d25f6feb3c1baff55a1226..6e0ee06a4a9eb53fb7fcef28528b144b8ce1f9c0 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/artifacts.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/__snapshots__/artifacts.spec.ts.snap
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ Array [
     },
   },
   Object {
-    "cmd": "go mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
+    "cmd": "mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
     "options": Object {
       "cwd": "/tmp/github/some/repo",
       "encoding": "utf-8",
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ Array [
     },
   },
   Object {
-    "cmd": "go mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
+    "cmd": "mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
     "options": Object {
       "cwd": "/tmp/github/some/repo",
       "encoding": "utf-8",
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ Array [
     },
   },
   Object {
-    "cmd": "go mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
+    "cmd": "mod upgrade --mod-name=github.com/google/go-github/v24 -t=28",
     "options": Object {
       "cwd": "/tmp/github/some/repo",
       "encoding": "utf-8",
diff --git a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.ts b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.ts
index da0b89a3e5aed78099b3e0449fd29584aa52d164..d76968ddf60293c501e9c3d544c5aead6d96a14e 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/gomod/artifacts.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function getUpdateImportPathCmds(
 ): string[] {
   const updateImportCommands = updatedDeps
     .filter((x) => !x.startsWith('gopkg.in'))
-    .map((depName) => `go mod upgrade --mod-name=${depName} -t=${newMajor}`);
+    .map((depName) => `mod upgrade --mod-name=${depName} -t=${newMajor}`);
 
   if (updateImportCommands.length > 0) {
     let installMarwanModArgs =