diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 07e4d565a..f04726285 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.25.12'
+          go-version: '1.26.10'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.25.12'
+          go-version: '1.26.10'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up go
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: '1.25.12'
+          go-version: '1.26.10'
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d277c62f6..8b2f73c5e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(BIN)
 TAG := $(VERSION)
 OS_ARCH_TAG := $(TAG)__$(OS)_$(ARCH)
 
-BUILD_IMAGE ?= golang:1.25
+BUILD_IMAGE ?= golang:1.27
 
 DBG_MAKEFILE ?=
 ifneq ($(DBG_MAKEFILE),1)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f9ff3d54b..91e7afc43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 980b30608..d9d758e03 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -333,8 +333,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210603081109-ebe580a85c40/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211216021012-1d35b9e2eb4e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220114195835-da31bd327af9/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a h1:dGzPydgVsqGcTRVwiLJ1jVbufYwmzD3LfVPLKsKg+0k=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 h1:o7XGOvZQCADBQQ4Y7VNq2dRWQR7JmOUW8Kxx4ZsNgWs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 3a6793adb..866d44e7b 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module k8s.io/git-sync/tools
 
-go 1.23.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.1
+go 1.26.10
 
 require (
 	github.com/estesp/manifest-tool/v2 v2.2.0