diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-go.yml b/.github/workflows/release-go.yml
index d8bd3b5..8f26c89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-go.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22"
+          go-version: "1.26"
       - name: Validate (vet + test)
         run: go vet ./... && go test ./... -count=1
       - name: Warm the module proxy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-go.yml b/.github/workflows/test-go.yml
index ddda24f..21ffb36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-go.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22"
+          go-version: "1.26"
           cache: false   # stdlib-only module, no go.sum to cache
       - name: gofmt (must be clean)
         run: test -z "$(gofmt -l .)" || { echo 'run gofmt -w'; gofmt -l .; exit 1; }