diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 89d37db80..e7ea9c4d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go environment
       uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25.x'
+        go-version: '1.26.x'
 
     # at some point this should just be replaced with something that can bring up a sigstore test env
     - name: Install Fulcio