diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test-private-action-runner.yaml b/.github/workflows/go-test-private-action-runner.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a56e0ae59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test-private-action-runner.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Go Test
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'test/private-action-runner/**'
+      - 'charts/private-action-runner/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'test/private-action-runner/**'
+      - 'charts/private-action-runner/**'
+env:
+  GO111MODULE: "on"
+  PROJECTNAME: "helm-charts"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.21
+      id: go
+    - name: Set up Helm
+      uses: azure/setup-helm@v3.5
+      with:
+        version: v3.10.1
+    - name: Add Datadog Helm repo
+      run: helm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com && helm repo update
+    - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: run Go tests
+      run: |
+        helm dependency build ./charts/private-action-runner
+        make unit-test-operator
diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
index 1b17bd990..8b83c292b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v1
       with:
-        go-version: 1.20
+        go-version: 1.21
       id: go
     - name: Set up Helm
       uses: azure/setup-helm@v3.5