diff --git a/.github/workflows/control-operator-release.yml b/.github/workflows/control-operator-release.yml
index 2d392aae..c05c536f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/control-operator-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/control-operator-release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with:
-          go-version: '1.25.0'
+          go-version: '1.26.8'
 
       - uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/control-operator.yml b/.github/workflows/control-operator.yml
index de76438a..db9bfbcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/control-operator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/control-operator.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [macOS-latest, ubuntu-24.04]
-        go: [ '1.26.5' ]
+        go: [ '1.26.8' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/control.yml b/.github/workflows/control.yml
index 3b1fc211..fa272d1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/control.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/control.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [macOS-latest, ubuntu-24.04]
-        go: [ '1.25.0' ]
+        go: [ '1.26.8' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
diff --git a/control-operator/Dockerfile b/control-operator/Dockerfile
index 2fcd5a5e..b4548ab7 100644
--- a/control-operator/Dockerfile
+++ b/control-operator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.25 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.26.8 AS builder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG MANAGER=task-manager
diff --git a/control-operator/go.mod b/control-operator/go.mod
index 1a50ceea..0754656a 100644
--- a/control-operator/go.mod
+++ b/control-operator/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/AliceO2Group/Control/control-operator
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dab64932..6334e9ba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/AliceO2Group/Control
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.8
 
 // github.com/coreos/bbolt@v1.3.4: parsing go.mod:
 //         module declares its path as: go.etcd.io/bbolt