diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2ffdd6d55..137437b12 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-exec,
                dh-golang,
                dctrl-tools,
-               golang-go (>= 2:1.22~),
+               golang-go (>= 2:1.23~) | golang-1.23-go,
                libc6-dev (>= 2.35),
                libglib2.0-dev,
                libpam0g-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 91562d228..f4e36955d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export AUTHD_SKIP_ROOT_TESTS := 1
 export DH_GOLANG_BUILDPKG := $(AUTHD_GO_PACKAGE)/... \
 	$(NULL)
 
+# We add the required backported version to the $PATH so that if it exists, then
+# we can use it. Otherwise we default to the go installed in original $PATH that
+# always matches with the latest available go version in the archive.
+AUTHD_BACKPORTED_GO_VERSION := $(shell grep-dctrl -s Build-Depends -n - ./debian/control | sed -n "s,.*\bgolang-\([0-9.]\+\)\b.*,\1,p")
+export PATH := $(shell printenv PATH):/usr/lib/go-$(AUTHD_BACKPORTED_GO_VERSION)/bin
+
 BUILDDIR := $(CURDIR)/obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)
 
 export BUILT_PAM_LIBS_PATH := obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)/src/$(AUTHD_GO_PACKAGE)/pam