diff --git a/.github/workflows/bats.yml b/.github/workflows/bats.yml
index 3ebe627c..49012970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bats.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.24"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25"
   K8S_VERSION: "v1.34.0"
   KIND_VERSION: "v0.30.0"
   IMAGE_NAME: registry.k8s.io/networking/dranet
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 672479f0..a03a68ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.24"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25"
   K8S_VERSION: "v1.34.0"
   KIND_VERSION: "v0.30.0"
   IMAGE_NAME: registry.k8s.io/networking/dranet
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 9bdd579a..e8d58726 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.23.x]
+        go-version: [1.25.x]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 60a84950..04b2c524 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # setup cross-compile env
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.24 AS builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25 AS builder
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG GOARCH=${TARGETARCH} CGO_ENABLED=0
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 73c30efb..4383c509 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/dranet
 
-go 1.24.3
+go 1.25
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.51.0
diff --git a/hack/lint.sh b/hack/lint.sh
index 2d05dfcc..d7287d3d 100755
--- a/hack/lint.sh
+++ b/hack/lint.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ set -o pipefail
 REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 
 cd $REPO_ROOT
-docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v2.1.6 golangci-lint run -v
+docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app golangci/golangci-lint:v2.8.0 golangci-lint run -v