diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index dff6c90..f4cb12b 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ tasks:
     desc: Run go test
     env:
       # renovate: datasource=docker depName=golang versioning=semver
-      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.25.6
+      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.26.1
       # renovate: datasource=git-refs depname=kubernetes packageName=https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes versioning=semver
       K8S_VERSION: 1.31.0
       # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=controller-runtime packageName=https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime versioning=semver
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ tasks:
       - start-kind-cluster
     vars:
       # renovate: datasource=docker depName=golang versioning=semver
-      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.25.6
+      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.26.1
       KUBECONFIG_PATH:
         sh: mktemp -t kubeconfig-XXXXX
     env:
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ tasks:
       - build-images
     vars:
       # renovate: datasource=docker depName=golang versioning=semver
-      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.25.6
+      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.26.1
     env:
       _EXPERIMENTAL_DAGGER_RUNNER_HOST: docker-container://{{ .DAGGER_ENGINE_CONTAINER_NAME }}
     cmds:
diff --git a/containers/Dockerfile.plugin b/containers/Dockerfile.plugin
index 76aa90b..61fe420 100644
--- a/containers/Dockerfile.plugin
+++ b/containers/Dockerfile.plugin
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25.6 AS gobuilder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.1 AS gobuilder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/containers/Dockerfile.sidecar b/containers/Dockerfile.sidecar
index 536b130..13c1cee 100644
--- a/containers/Dockerfile.sidecar
+++ b/containers/Dockerfile.sidecar
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Both components are built before going into a distroless container
 
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25.6 AS gobuilder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.1 AS gobuilder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH