diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.spec.ts
index 4a673a20fcddcc923613b62a18a1e662b38a2011..0ca53a8a7304b87a1cbd3167e59679cce087a025 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gomod/extract', () => {
             depType: 'golang',
             depName: 'go',
             datasource: 'golang-version',
+            rangeStrategy: 'replace',
           }),
         ])
       );
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.ts
index 55005b4b042699cc57cbae9e7c731089dd987155..935f63e4c2af29387984375aa77fe11c6883cc87 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gomod/extract.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function getGoDep(lineNumber: number, goVer: string): PackageDependency {
     currentValue: goVer,
     datasource: GolangVersionDatasource.id,
     versioning: 'npm',
+    rangeStrategy: 'replace',
   };
 }