diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-verdiff.yaml b/.github/workflows/go-verdiff.yaml
index 27773799c9..783861fed1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-verdiff.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-verdiff.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Check golang version
-      run: hack/tools/check-go-version.sh "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+      run: |
+        export LABELS="$(gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO/pulls/$PR --jq '.labels.[].name')"
+        hack/tools/check-go-version.sh "${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        REPO: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        PR: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
diff --git a/hack/tools/check-go-version.sh b/hack/tools/check-go-version.sh
index 307f203dcf..6848c8e197 100755
--- a/hack/tools/check-go-version.sh
+++ b/hack/tools/check-go-version.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fi
 GO_MAJOR=${MAX_VER[0]}
 GO_MINOR=${MAX_VER[1]}
 GO_PATCH=${MAX_VER[2]}
+OVERRIDE_LABEL="override-go-verdiff"
 
 RETCODE=0
 
@@ -77,4 +78,17 @@ for f in $(find . -name "*.mod"); do
     fi
 done
 
+for l in ${LABELS}; do
+    if [ "$l" == "${OVERRIDE_LABEL}" ]; then
+        if [ ${RETCODE} -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "Found ${OVERRIDE_LABEL} label, overriding failed results."
+            RETCODE=0
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ ${RETCODE} -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "This test result may be overridden by applying the (${OVERRIDE_LABEL}) label to this PR and re-running the CI job."
+fi
+
 exit ${RETCODE}