diff --git a/internal/tui/chip.go b/internal/tui/chip.go
index 416f96e664..bb3831094d 100644
--- a/internal/tui/chip.go
+++ b/internal/tui/chip.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 import "strconv"
diff --git a/internal/tui/colors.go b/internal/tui/colors.go
index cb1493775e..c36dfabc85 100644
--- a/internal/tui/colors.go
+++ b/internal/tui/colors.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/tui/count.go b/internal/tui/count.go
index a015ce5cf1..319776e1bf 100644
--- a/internal/tui/count.go
+++ b/internal/tui/count.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/tui/note.go b/internal/tui/note.go
index 582b279d67..c955b8cdb4 100644
--- a/internal/tui/note.go
+++ b/internal/tui/note.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/tui/output.go b/internal/tui/output.go
index a0785fcdf7..7fc194ac1e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/output.go
+++ b/internal/tui/output.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/tui/str.go b/internal/tui/str.go
index 2cc9a3d787..490e474f5e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/str.go
+++ b/internal/tui/str.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// FIXME(thaJeztah): remove once we are a module; the go:build directive prevents go from downgrading language version to go1.16:
+//go:build go1.22
+
 package tui
 
 type Str struct {