diff --git a/ct/tor-snowflake.sh b/ct/tor-snowflake.sh
index 3bf693a15..ddbb0620b 100644
--- a/ct/tor-snowflake.sh
+++ b/ct/tor-snowflake.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 GITLAB_URL="https://gitlab.torproject.org" fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "tor-snowflake" "tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake" "tarball"
-    GO_VERSION="$(grep -m1 '^go ' /opt/tor-snowflake/proxy/go.mod | awk '{print $2}')" setup_go
+    GO_VERSION="$(awk '/^go /{print $2; exit}' /opt/tor-snowflake/go.mod 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    GO_VERSION="${GO_VERSION:-latest}" setup_go
 
     msg_info "Building Snowflake"
     cd /opt/tor-snowflake/proxy
diff --git a/install/tor-snowflake-install.sh b/install/tor-snowflake-install.sh
index d3a75a7df..4ec3d1ceb 100644
--- a/install/tor-snowflake-install.sh
+++ b/install/tor-snowflake-install.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ update_os
 
 msg_info "Building Snowflake"
 GITLAB_URL="https://gitlab.torproject.org" fetch_and_deploy_gl_release "tor-snowflake" "tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake" "tarball"
-GO_VERSION="$(grep -m1 '^go ' /opt/tor-snowflake/proxy/go.mod | awk '{print $2}')" setup_go
+GO_VERSION="$(awk '/^go /{print $2; exit}' /opt/tor-snowflake/go.mod 2>/dev/null || true)"
+GO_VERSION="${GO_VERSION:-latest}" setup_go
 cd /opt/tor-snowflake/proxy
 $STD go build -o snowflake-proxy .
 msg_ok "Built Snowflake Proxy"