diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-info.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-info.yml
index 5ae8577c..a970fdfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-info.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-info.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.26'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: make
         run: make
       - name: Validate JSON
         run: |
-          ./test/check_info_schema.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+          ./test/check_info_schema.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-json.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-json.yml
index 28e45ffb..f43f163a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-json.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-json.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.26'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: make
         run: make
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 5353845a..d687b989 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.26'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache: true
       - name: make
         run: make
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.26'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache: true
       - name: make
         run: make
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
index 4750fe05..574631eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-publish.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: Draft Release & Publish
 on: 
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
@@ -7,9 +9,30 @@ on:
       - 'CHANGELOG.md'
 
 jobs:
+  Release-Preflight:
+    name: Release Build Preflight
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    env:
+      GOTOOLCHAIN: local
+      DRAFT_VERSION: preflight
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+      - name: Build Draft Release Binaries
+        run: make build-all
   Release-Artifacts:
     name: Draft Release
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GOTOOLCHAIN: local
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: write
@@ -38,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25'
+        go-version-file: 'go.mod'
     # Check if the newest tag already exists
     - name: Check if tag exist
       uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@5c39604fe8aef7e65acb6fbcf96ec580f7680313 # v1.7.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 6a546aa8..aaac1cdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.26'
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: make
         run: make run-unit-tests