diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16ab552..bce3b91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Cofide provide a ready-made container image used by `cofidectl` but you may wish
 
 Building a `cofidectl-debug-container` binary requires:
 
-* [Go 1.23 toolchain](https://golang.org/doc/install)
+* [Go 1.26 toolchain](https://golang.org/doc/install)
 * [`just`](https://github.com/casey/just) as a command runner
 * [`ko`](https://github.com/ko-build/ko) to build container images
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa84caa..0b5aa3f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/cofide/cofidectl-debug-container
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.16.3