diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 4899088ac..cd7d2bc25 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Step one: build file-integrity-operator
-FROM golang:1.25 as builder
+FROM golang:1.26 as builder
 USER root
 
 # Commented to enable upstream build and testing