diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
index be773c2b0e06..744a398b5aa4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-tests.yml
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-xl }}
       repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
       go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consulprem consuldev' || '' }}"
-      go-version: "1.19.10"
+      go-version: "1.19"
     permissions:
       id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
       contents: read
@@ -395,12 +395,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-xl }}
       repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
       go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consulprem consuldev' || '' }}"
-      # pinning this to 1.20.5 because this issue in go-testcontainers occurs
-      # in 1.20.6 with the error "http: invalid Host header, host port waiting failed"
-      # https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/issues/1359
-      # remove setting this when the above issue is fixed so that the reusable
-      # job will just get the go version from go.mod.
-      go-version: "1.20.5"
+      go-version: "1.20"
     permissions:
       id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
       contents: read
@@ -438,6 +433,7 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.compute-xl }}
       repository-name: ${{ github.repository }}
       go-tags: "${{ github.event.repository.name == 'consul-enterprise' && 'consulent consulprem consuldev' || '' }}"
+      go-version: "1.20"
     permissions:
       id-token: write # NOTE: this permission is explicitly required for Vault auth.
       contents: read
diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 1fe0c71b61e5..18bb3479c9be 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -1000,6 +1000,17 @@ func (r *request) toHTTP() (*http.Request, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// validate that socket communications that do not use the host, detect
+	// slashes in the host name and replace it with local host.
+	// this is required since go started validating req.host in 1.20.6 and 1.19.11.
+	// prior to that they would strip out the slashes for you.  They removed that
+	// behavior and added more strict validation as part of a CVE.
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/60374
+	// the hope is that
+	if strings.HasPrefix(r.url.Host, "/") {
+		r.url.Host = "localhost"
+	}
+
 	req.URL.Host = r.url.Host
 	req.URL.Scheme = r.url.Scheme
 	req.Host = r.url.Host