diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index 54f5e47..4ecf93c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   lint-backend:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     container:
-      image: golang:1.24.9
+      image: golang:1.26.1
       volumes:
         - /runner-cache/go-pkg:/go/pkg/mod
         - /runner-cache/go-build:/root/.cache/go-build
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.24.9"
+          go-version: "1.26.1"
           cache-dependency-path: agent/go.sum
 
       - name: Download Go modules
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.24.9"
+          go-version: "1.26.1"
           cache-dependency-path: agent/go.sum
 
       - name: Download Go modules
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     needs: [lint-backend]
     container:
-      image: golang:1.24.9
+      image: golang:1.26.1
       options: --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway
       volumes:
         - /runner-cache/go-pkg:/go/pkg/mod
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4c64d2b..1358c32 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 
 # ========= BUILD BACKEND =========
 # Backend build stage
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.24.9 AS backend-build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.1 AS backend-build
 
 # Make TARGET args available early so tools built here match the final image arch
 ARG TARGETOS
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 \
 # so the agent runs on any Linux distro (Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, etc.).
 # APP_VERSION is baked into the binary via -ldflags so the agent can
 # compare its version against the server and auto-update when needed.
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.24.9 AS agent-build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.1 AS agent-build
 
 ARG APP_VERSION=dev
 
diff --git a/agent/go.mod b/agent/go.mod
index 5dbe5bf..6edcc5d 100644
--- a/agent/go.mod
+++ b/agent/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module databasus-agent
 
-go 1.24.9
+go 1.26.1
 
 require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index fd76d9c..439df25 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module databasus-backend
 
-go 1.24.9
+go 1.26.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.20.0