diff --git a/etc/check_modules.sh b/etc/check_modules.sh
index 89d058f16f..62d8a6fcae 100755
--- a/etc/check_modules.sh
+++ b/etc/check_modules.sh
@@ -5,21 +5,12 @@
 # tidy" and expect that no unrelated changes are made to the "go.mod" file.
 set -eu
 
-base_version=$(cat go.mod | grep "^go 1." | awk '{print $2}')
-
-go work sync
 mods=$(find . -name go.mod)
 exit_code=0
 for mod in $mods; do
   pushd $(dirname $mod) > /dev/null
   echo "Checking $mod..."
   go mod tidy -v
-  go mod edit -toolchain=none
-  echo "hello $(dirname $mod)"
-  if [ "$(dirname $mod)" == "." ] || [ "$(dirname $mod)" == "./internal/cmd/compilecheck" ]; then
-    echo "replacing!"
-    go mod edit -go=${base_version}
-  fi
   git diff --exit-code go.mod go.sum || {
     exit_code=$?
   }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47a40d615a..6b0ea9a65f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0
 	github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2
 	github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4
 	github.com/youmark/pkcs8 v0.0.0-20240726163527-a2c0da244d78
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f28070711f..46a3216152 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10 h1:oXAz+Vh0PMUvJczoi+flxpnBEPxoER1IaAnU/NMPtT0=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10/go.mod h1:pMDklpSncoRMuLFrf1W9Ss9KT+0rH90U12bZKk7uwG0=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0 h1:iULayQNOReoYUe+1qtKOqw9CwJv3aNQu8ivo7lw1HU4=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jrpuAogTd400dnrH08LKmI/xc1MbPOebTwRqcT5RDeI=
 github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2 h1:FHX5I5B4i4hKRVRBCFRxq1iQRej7WO3hhBuJf+UUySY=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.mod b/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.mod
index a840aad478..97a71b67fe 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.mod
+++ b/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2 v2.0.0-alpha2
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/xdg-go/stringprep v1.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.sum b/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.sum
index f28070711f..385f901534 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.sum
+++ b/internal/cmd/compilecheck/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10 h1:oXAz+Vh0PMUvJczoi+flxpnBEPxoER1IaAnU/NMPtT0=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.10/go.mod h1:pMDklpSncoRMuLFrf1W9Ss9KT+0rH90U12bZKk7uwG0=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0 h1:iULayQNOReoYUe+1qtKOqw9CwJv3aNQu8ivo7lw1HU4=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0 h1:Su7DPu48wXMwC3bs7MCNG+z4FhcyEuz5dlvchbq0B0c=
 github.com/xdg-go/pbkdf2 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jrpuAogTd400dnrH08LKmI/xc1MbPOebTwRqcT5RDeI=
 github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2 h1:FHX5I5B4i4hKRVRBCFRxq1iQRej7WO3hhBuJf+UUySY=