diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 39d972c330..d914fe9e61 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	"features": {
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {},
 		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/go:1": {
-			"version": "1.25.11"
+			"version": "1.25.12"
 		}
 	},
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
index 32d258d61c..841a6a7757 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-go/action.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Reusable action to install Go, so there is one place to bump Go ve
 inputs:
   go-version:
     required: true
-    default: "1.25.11"
+    default: "1.25.12"
     description: "Go version to install"
 
 runs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-release.yml b/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
index 146172f4b4..679a3fc1d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 name: API Release
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.25.11"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25.12"
 
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 446b2a820b..5c1efabf68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04-arm, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-        go-version: ["1.25.11", "1.26.4"]
+        go-version: ["1.25.12", "1.26.5"]
         exclude:
           - os: ${{ github.event.repository.private && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' || '' }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1a1f2a9e44..94648e4227 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 name: Release
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.24.9"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25.12"
 
 permissions: # added using https://github.com/step-security/secure-workflows
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
index 94f02af4c4..198adc1812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/release/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # UBUNTU_VERSION can be set to 18.04 (bionic, DEPRECATED), 20.04 (focal), or 22.04 (jammy)
 ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=20.04
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.11
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.12
 ARG GO_IMAGE=golang:${GO_VERSION}
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM $GO_IMAGE AS go
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:1.6.1@sha256:923441d7c25f1e2eb5789f82d987693c47b8ed987c4ab3b075d6ed2b5d6779a3 AS xx
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 2f364fc069..2841436961 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ EOF
   config.vm.provision "install-golang", type: "shell", run: "once" do |sh|
     sh.upload_path = "/tmp/vagrant-install-golang"
     sh.env = {
-        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.25.11",
+        'GO_VERSION': ENV['GO_VERSION'] || "1.25.12",
     }
     sh.inline = <<~SHELL
         #!/usr/bin/env bash
diff --git a/contrib/Dockerfile.test b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
index 5c075ca836..1dcc203ecc 100644
--- a/contrib/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/contrib/Dockerfile.test
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #   docker run --privileged --group-add keep-groups -v ./critest_exit_code.txt:/tmp/critest_exit_code.txt containerd-test
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.25.11
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.25.12
 ARG GOLANG_IMAGE=golang
 
 FROM ${GOLANG_IMAGE}:${GOLANG_VERSION} AS golang
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
index 833824b3d3..1a0d3f686b 100755
--- a/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/oss_fuzz_build.sh
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ compile_fuzzers() {
 
 apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget
 cd $SRC
-wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+wget --quiet https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.12.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 
 mkdir temp-go
 rm -rf /root/.go/*
-tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.25.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar -C temp-go/ -xzf go1.25.12.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 mv temp-go/go/* /root/.go/
 cd $SRC/containerd
 
diff --git a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1 b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
index 5ce0d049a3..99b9d4e95d 100644
--- a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
+++ b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # lived test environment.
 Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring:$true
 
-$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.25.11"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
+$PACKAGES= @{ mingw = "10.2.0"; git = ""; golang = "1.25.12"; make = ""; nssm = "" }
 
 Write-Host "Downloading chocolatey package"
 curl.exe -L "https://packages.chocolatey.org/chocolatey.0.10.15.nupkg" -o 'c:\choco.zip'