diff --git a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
index 3688f8f2b9..15f27afb75 100644
--- a/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
+++ b/.github/aw/actions-lock.json
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
       "version": "v4.3.1",
       "sha": "67a3573c9a986a3f9c594539f4ab511d57bb3ce9"
     },
+    "actions/setup-go@v5": {
+      "repo": "actions/setup-go",
+      "version": "v5",
+      "sha": "40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff"
+    },
     "actions/setup-go@v6.2.0": {
       "repo": "actions/setup-go",
       "version": "v6.2.0",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.lock.yml
index b9ac25bf1b..9a941b8e11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.lock.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #     - shared/mood.md
 #     - shared/reporting.md
 #
-# frontmatter-hash: 0f96ecf74734688be926914172defbef6b6617ab2f83da4ca4a6eeb82ee054fe
+# frontmatter-hash: 9d8b81f3b657156ff53308afa525c4b0de3e175a51273940421b22b20e118be6
 
 name: "Daily Syntax Error Quality Check"
 "on":
@@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Create gh-aw temp directory
         run: bash /opt/gh-aw/actions/create_gh_aw_tmp_dir.sh
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
+        with:
+          cache: true
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - name: Build gh-aw
+        run: |
+          make build
+      - name: Verify gh-aw installation
+        run: |-
+          ./gh-aw --version
+          echo "gh-aw binary is ready at ./gh-aw"
+
       - name: Configure Git credentials
         env:
           REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.md b/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.md
index 9c46169ad5..84c0600f55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-syntax-error-quality.md
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ safe-outputs:
     close-older-issues: true
 timeout-minutes: 20
 strict: true
+steps:
+  - name: Set up Go
+    uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+    with:
+      go-version-file: go.mod
+      cache: true
+      
+  - name: Build gh-aw
+    run: |
+      make build
+      
+  - name: Verify gh-aw installation
+    run: |
+      ./gh-aw --version
+      echo "gh-aw binary is ready at ./gh-aw"
 imports:
   - shared/mood.md
   - shared/reporting.md