diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 57fd8b1077b1..7c0aaece3827 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: "1.26.2"
+          go-version: "1.26.3"
           cache: false
       -
         name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 094b7e7201b3..032297c0a3c0 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: "1.26.2"
+          go-version: "1.26.3"
           cache: false
       -
         name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 63797bee88ab..030b78b348c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6
         with:
-          go-version: "1.26.2"
+          go-version: "1.26.3"
           cache: false
       -
         name: Run gocompat check
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0a8b15ab02c9..92b73df7ab19 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: "1.26.2"
+  go: "1.26.3"
 
   timeout: 5m
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 711f63867053..d80bfa4f4913 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=1.26.2
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.3
 
 # 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 f66f14c3ac3d..03c3b127422d 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.2
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.3
 
 # 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 176afa877183..d0d903e6b97d 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.2
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.3
 
 # 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 e5ed47fd4318..fa41236d2201 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.vendor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.2
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.26.3
 
 # 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