diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic_go.yml b/.github/workflows/basic_go.yml
index faa595f..6b6945e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic_go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic_go.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
         # Arrays are currently not accepted:
         # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/11692
         default: "['stable' , 'oldstable']"
+      staticcheck-version:
+        type: string
+        default: 'latest'
       static-analysis-excludes-regex:
         type: string
       # TODO(wenvous): gofmt is harder to work with since it always recursively
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install staticcheck
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: |
-          go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
+          go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@${{ inputs.staticcheck-version }}
 
       - name: Cache for staticcheck
         if: ${{ !cancelled() && !inputs.skip-staticcheck }}