diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/bind_test.go b/accounts/abi/bind/bind_test.go
index af4e6ba1d8..72162d8d04 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/bind_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/bind_test.go
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ func golangBindings(t *testing.T, overload bool) {
 	if out, err := replacer.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to replace binding test dependency to current source tree: %v\n%s", err, out)
 	}
-	tidier := exec.Command(gocmd, "mod", "tidy")
+	tidier := exec.Command(gocmd, "mod", "tidy", "-compat=1.17")
 	tidier.Dir = pkg
 	if out, err := tidier.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to tidy Go module file: %v\n%s", err, out)