diff --git a/windows/helpers/phase3/install_go.ps1 b/windows/helpers/phase3/install_go.ps1
index c46e68873..e51e857ec 100644
--- a/windows/helpers/phase3/install_go.ps1
+++ b/windows/helpers/phase3/install_go.ps1
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
 
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Installing go $ENV:GO_VERSION"
 
-$gozip = "https://dl.google.com/go/go$ENV:GO_VERSION.windows-amd64.zip"
+## temporary for MS go
+$MS_GO_VERSION = "1.21.8-3"
+$MS_GO_LINK="https://aka.ms/golang/release/latest/go$($MS_GO_VERSION).windows-amd64.zip"
 
+$gozip = "https://dl.google.com/go/go$ENV:GO_VERSION.windows-amd64.zip"
+$gozip = $MS_GO_LINK
 $out = "$($PSScriptRoot)\go.zip"
-
+$hash = "897e8d2b717f5e8d4d16febdcd6a600982d7eda7f352ec6518659b433fee90a5"
 ##
 ## because we want to allow multiple versions of GO, we need to handle
 ## the version check a bit differently.  Get all the installed versions
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ if($installedVers -and $installedVers.Contains($ENV:GO_VERSION)) {
 }
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Downloading $gozip to $out"
 
-Get-RemoteFile -RemoteFile $gozip -LocalFile $out -VerifyHash $ENV:GO_SHA256_WINDOWS_AMD64
+Get-RemoteFile -RemoteFile $gozip -LocalFile $out -VerifyHash $hash
 
 ## set up proper output directory
 $godir = "c:\go\$ENV:GO_VERSION"