diff --git a/src/runtime/golang.mk b/src/runtime/golang.mk
index 202c0bacd..d69bc2ceb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/golang.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/golang.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ifeq (,$(not_check_version))
     ifneq (,$(install_yq))
         $(error "ERROR: install yq failed")
     endif
-    golang_version_min=$(shell $(GOPATH)/bin/yq r versions.yaml languages.golang.version)
+    golang_version_min=$(shell $(GOPATH)/bin/yq r ../../versions.yaml languages.golang.version)
 
     ifeq (,$(golang_version_min))
         $(error "ERROR: cannot determine minimum golang version")
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/Makefile b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/Makefile
index 5f89c2731..5d2766195 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/cloud-hypervisor/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 all: | update-yaml generate-client-code
 MK_DIR := $(dir $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 YQ_INSTALLER := "$(MK_DIR)/../../../.ci/install-yq.sh"
-VERSIONS_FILE := "$(MK_DIR)/../../../versions.yaml"
+VERSIONS_FILE := "$(MK_DIR)/../../../../../versions.yaml"
 YQ := $(shell command -v yq 2> /dev/null)
 
 generate-client-code: clean-generated-code
diff --git a/src/runtime/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/runtime/versions.yaml
rename to versions.yaml