diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 70b8cc84cd..c52ad33fe8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        go-version: ["1.12", "1.13", "1.14", "1.15", "1.16", "1.17"]
+        go-version: ["1.13", "1.14", "1.15", "1.16", "1.17"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set version env
@@ -759,10 +759,10 @@ jobs:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: stable
           override: true
-      - name: Use Go 1.12
+      - name: Use Go 1.13
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
-          go-version: "1.12"
+          go-version: "1.13"
       - name: Run quickstart tests
         run: make -C docs test-quickstarts-release
 
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ jobs:
         validate_java,
         validate_js,
         validate_go,
-        test_quickstarts,
+        #        test_quickstarts,
       ]
     steps:
       - name: Set version env