diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
index f55f342d6e..431dad9d6b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
@@ -430,8 +430,10 @@ func (ctxt *Link) domacho() {
 				// This must be fairly recent for Apple signing (go.dev/issue/30488).
 				// Having too old a version here was also implicated in some problems
 				// calling into macOS libraries (go.dev/issue/56784).
-				// In general this can be the most recent supported macOS version.
-				version = 11<<16 | 0<<8 | 0<<0 // 11.0.0
+				// CL 460476 noted that in general this can be the most recent supported
+				// macOS version, but we haven't tested if going higher than Go's oldest
+				// supported macOS version could cause new problems.
+				version = 12<<16 | 0<<8 | 0<<0 // 12.0.0
 			}
 			ml := newMachoLoad(ctxt.Arch, imacho.LC_BUILD_VERSION, 4)
 			ml.data[0] = uint32(machoPlatform)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/link_test.go b/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
index c3614c73f0..7c3ca427ed 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/link_test.go
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ func TestMachOBuildVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	found := false
 	checkMin := func(ver uint32) {
 		major, minor, patch := (ver>>16)&0xff, (ver>>8)&0xff, (ver>>0)&0xff
-		if major < 11 {
-			t.Errorf("LC_BUILD_VERSION version %d.%d.%d < 11.0.0", major, minor, patch)
+		if major < 12 {
+			t.Errorf("LC_BUILD_VERSION version %d.%d.%d < 12.0.0", major, minor, patch)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, cmd := range exem.Loads {