diff --git a/internal/platform/platform_linux.go b/internal/platform/platform_linux.go
index c2f079bdbb..76626886f5 100644
--- a/internal/platform/platform_linux.go
+++ b/internal/platform/platform_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// TODO(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package platform
 
 import (
diff --git a/oci/defaults.go b/oci/defaults.go
index 4b1571cd83..e0c1c462a9 100644
--- a/oci/defaults.go
+++ b/oci/defaults.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// TODO(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package oci // import "github.com/docker/docker/oci"
 
 import (