diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
index 51af72fa..a87e1656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: [master]
 
 env:
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.25"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.26'
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
+          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Build
         run: make build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 4c404889..457590a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     - name: Set up Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v7
       with:
-        go-version: "1.25"
+        go-version: '1.26'
+        check-latest: true
 
     - name: "run tests"
       run: make build && make test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e20babd6..b5a5c3b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       - 'v*'
 
 env:
-    GOLANG_VERSION: '1.25'
+    GOLANG_VERSION: '1.26'
 
 jobs:
   prepare-release:
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: '0'
 
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
+          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Check if the published tag is well formed and setup vars
         run: |
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2cb99872..d54160aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/epam/edp-codebase-operator/v2
 
-go 1.25.8
+go 1.26.9
 
 replace github.com/openshift/api => github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20260107143020-50517c6f4bfd