diff --git a/.ci/oci.Dockerfile b/.ci/oci.Dockerfile
index 3d382e5c0..a02f52e6d 100644
--- a/.ci/oci.Dockerfile
+++ b/.ci/oci.Dockerfile
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 
 FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/openshift/release:rhel-9-release-golang-1.24-openshift-4.20
 
-ENV GO_VERSION=1.25.9
+ENV GO_VERSION=1.26.2
 ENV GOROOT=/usr/local/go
 ENV PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
 
-ENV GO_VERSION=1.25.9
+ENV GO_VERSION=1.26.2
 ENV GOROOT=/usr/local/go
 ENV PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
-# Install Go 1.25.9 to satisfy go.mod toolchain requirement (go 1.25.0)
+# Install Go 1.26.2 to satisfy go.mod toolchain requirement (go 1.26.0)
 RUN export ARCH="$(uname -m)" && if [[ ${ARCH} == "x86_64" ]]; then export ARCH="amd64"; elif [[ ${ARCH} == "aarch64" ]]; then export ARCH="arm64"; fi && \
     curl -fsSL "https://go.dev/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz" -o go.tar.gz && \
     rm -rf /usr/local/go && \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
index 274b6525f..e7ab1d72c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-coverage.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
       with:
-        go-version: 1.25.9
+        go-version: 1.26.2
     -
       name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa # v4.8.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 0b05ab920..db7959d01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
       with:
-        go-version: 1.25.9
+        go-version: 1.26.2
     -
       name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@b64ffcaf5b410884ad320a9cfac8866006a109aa # v4.8.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6a5ef424a..836b9f545 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go 1.x
         uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.9
+          go-version: 1.26.2
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@2b82ce82d56a2a04d2637cd93a637ae1b359c0a7 #v2.2.0
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 103f3cb92..a2ed4903c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Detailed instructions regarding the DevWorkspace Operator development are provid
 
 To build, test and debug the DevWorkspace Operator the following development tools are required:
 
-- go 1.25 or later
+- go 1.26 or later
 - git
 - sed
 - jq
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index c7c80c5f0..e65221e4f 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # https://access.redhat.com/containers/?tab=tags#/registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset
 # Use BUILDPLATFORM to ensure the builder always runs natively on the host machine
 # Image pinned by SHA256 to address GitHub security bot warnings about unpinned dependencies
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.25-1777043046@sha256:35f08031de19eb51d6b35ed62c6357d3529bc69a8db65cf623ea5f0b44051999 AS builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.26.2-1779719578@sha256:8f63c9cb48e454a1fb375f62050388e5090dde6a1a2936136ec441d0b1d16e9c AS builder
 
 # Accept TARGETARCH and TARGETPLATFORM, which are automatically passed by the builder
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 85b30eb31..86571c6f7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
-toolchain go1.25.9
+toolchain go1.26.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/devfile/api/v2 v2.3.1-alpha.0.20250521155908-5c3d7b99d252
diff --git a/project-clone/Dockerfile b/project-clone/Dockerfile
index f2c932382..5eb276232 100644
--- a/project-clone/Dockerfile
+++ b/project-clone/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Build the manager binary
 # https://access.redhat.com/containers/?tab=tags#/registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset
 # Image pinned by SHA256 to address GitHub security bot warnings about unpinned dependencies
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.25-1777043046@sha256:35f08031de19eb51d6b35ed62c6357d3529bc69a8db65cf623ea5f0b44051999 as builder
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/go-toolset:1.26.2-1779719578@sha256:8f63c9cb48e454a1fb375f62050388e5090dde6a1a2936136ec441d0b1d16e9c as builder
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETOS
 ENV GOPATH=/go/