diff --git a/daemon/container_operations.go b/daemon/container_operations.go
index 75be6d0743..39e0bd2787 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.19
+
 package daemon // import "github.com/docker/docker/daemon"
 
 import (
diff --git a/daemon/inspect.go b/daemon/inspect.go
index c3cd632810..d895d7afb8 100644
--- a/daemon/inspect.go
+++ b/daemon/inspect.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.19
+
 package daemon // import "github.com/docker/docker/daemon"
 
 import (
diff --git a/libnetwork/endpoint.go b/libnetwork/endpoint.go
index e0cab348e3..b9903bb901 100644
--- a/libnetwork/endpoint.go
+++ b/libnetwork/endpoint.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.19
+
 package libnetwork
 
 import (