diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index e9155fe2062b..d97cb50513d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Update Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25.8"
+          go-version: "1.26.1"
           cache: false
       -
         name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b3f8de89e669..177f4639bcfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25.8"
+          go-version: "1.26.1"
           cache: false
       -
         name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 2aeede2edfc0..1565990388b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -89,14 +89,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
         with:
           path: src/github.com/docker/cli
       -
         name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25.8"
+          go-version: "1.26.1"
+          cache: false
       -
         name: Run gocompat check
         shell: 'script --return --quiet --command "bash {0}"'
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 057148b3bbb7..1b51208c1bce 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ run:
   # which causes it to fallback to go1.17 semantics.
   #
   # TODO(thaJeztah): update "usetesting" settings to enable go1.24 features once our minimum version is go1.24
-  go: "1.25.8"
+  go: "1.26.1"
 
   timeout: 5m
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 45a582c23c68..8e49eca45f26 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.23
 ARG BASE_DEBIAN_DISTRO=bookworm
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.1
 
 # XX_VERSION specifies the version of the xx utility to use.
 # It must be a valid tag in the docker.io/tonistiigi/xx image repository.
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index 4493c22138e7..19822bd2da52 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.1
 
 # ALPINE_VERSION sets the version of the alpine base image to use, including for the golang image.
 # It must be a supported tag in the docker.io/library/alpine image repository
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
index 24da2e13ba7f..478ecf8f171c 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.1
 
 # ALPINE_VERSION sets the version of the alpine base image to use, including for the golang image.
 # It must be a supported tag in the docker.io/library/alpine image repository
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor
index ed3ab0de93c8..50fb3b59a59e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.8
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.1
 
 # ALPINE_VERSION sets the version of the alpine base image to use, including for the golang image.
 # It must be a supported tag in the docker.io/library/alpine image repository