diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 35fb472279..923b80cf60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 module github.com/containers/podman/v5
 
-go 1.20
+// Minimum required golang version
+go 1.20 // *****  ATTENTION  WARNING  CAUTION  DANGER  ******
+
+//         Go versions 1.21 and later will AUTO-UPDATE based
+//         on currently running tools and the (new) `toolchain`
+//         value (when also increasing the `go` value above).
+//         ref: https://go.dev/doc/toolchain  Because several
+//         different distros and distro-versions build from
+//         this code, golang version consistency is
+//         desireable.  After manually updating to 1.21, a
+//         `toolchain` specificication should be added to pin
+//         the version and block auto-updates.  This does not
+//         block any future changes to the `go` value.
+//         Ref: Upstream discussion:
+//         https://github.com/golang/go/issues/65847
+//         *****  ATTENTION  WARNING  CAUTION  DANGER  ******
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2