diff --git a/misc/wasm/go_wasip1_wasm_exec b/misc/wasm/go_wasip1_wasm_exec
index dc110327af..cd16b96ea7 100755
--- a/misc/wasm/go_wasip1_wasm_exec
+++ b/misc/wasm/go_wasip1_wasm_exec
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ case "$GOWASIRUNTIME" in
 		exec wazero run -mount /:/ -env-inherit -cachedir "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"/wazero ${GOWASIRUNTIMEARGS:-} "$1" "${@:2}"
 		;;
 	"wasmtime" | "")
-		# TODO(go.dev/issue/63718): Switch to the new CLI offered in the major version 14 of Wasmtime.
-		exec env WASMTIME_NEW_CLI=0 wasmtime run --dir=/ --env PWD="$PWD" --env PATH="$PATH" --max-wasm-stack 1048576 ${GOWASIRUNTIMEARGS:-} "$1" -- "${@:2}"
+		# Match the major version in "wasmtime-cli 14.0.0". For versions before 14
+		# we need to use the old CLI. This requires Bash v3.0 and above.
+		# TODO(johanbrandhorst): Remove this condition once 1.22 is released.
+		# From 1.23 onwards we'll only support the new wasmtime CLI.
+		if [[ "$(wasmtime --version)" =~ wasmtime-cli[[:space:]]([0-9]+)\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ && "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" -lt 14 ]]; then
+			exec wasmtime run --dir=/ --env PWD="$PWD" --env PATH="$PATH" --max-wasm-stack 1048576 ${GOWASIRUNTIMEARGS:-} "$1" -- "${@:2}"
+		else
+			exec wasmtime run --dir=/ --env PWD="$PWD" --env PATH="$PATH" -W max-wasm-stack=1048576 ${GOWASIRUNTIMEARGS:-} "$1" "${@:2}"
+		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		echo "Unknown Go WASI runtime specified: $GOWASIRUNTIME"