diff --git a/srcpkgs/kitty/patches/go1.20.patch b/srcpkgs/kitty/patches/go1.20.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d0ce6b2ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kitty/patches/go1.20.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
+ ) -> str:
+     sys.stdout.flush()
+     sys.stderr.flush()
+-    go = shutil.which('go')
++    go = shutil.which('go1.20')
+     if not go:
+         raise SystemExit('The go tool was not found on this system. Install Go')
+     required_go_version = subprocess.check_output([go] + 'list -f {{.GoVersion}} -m'.split()).decode().strip()
+@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@
+     for x in glob.glob('kittens/*'):
+         if os.path.isdir(x) and not os.path.exists(os.path.join(x, '__init__.py')):
+             shutil.rmtree(x)
+-    subprocess.check_call(['go', 'clean', '-cache', '-testcache', '-modcache', '-fuzzcache'])
++    subprocess.check_call(['go1.20', 'clean', '-cache', '-testcache', '-modcache', '-fuzzcache'])
+ 
+ 
+ def option_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:  # {{{
+--- a/kitty_tests/main.py
++++ b/kitty_tests/main.py
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
+ 
+ @lru_cache
+ def go_exe() -> str:
+-    return shutil.which('go') or ''
++    return shutil.which('go1.20') or ''
+ 
+ 
+ def run_go(packages: Set[str], names: str) -> 'subprocess.Popen[bytes]':
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kitty/template b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
index a06a2d6ddac..7b5bc7fa59e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kitty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kitty/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'kitty'
 pkgname=kitty
 version=0.29.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_helper="python3"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/kitty"
-hostmakedepends="go pkg-config python3 wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
+hostmakedepends="go1.20 pkg-config python3 wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
 makedepends="gettext-devel glfw-devel harfbuzz-devel libxkbcommon-devel
  python3-devel wayland-devel wayland-protocols librsync-devel libcanberra-devel
  openssl-devel dbus-devel libXcursor-devel libXrandr-devel libXi-devel