diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ac47a5e..44952c76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IMG ?= controller:latest
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.30.0
 TRIVY_VERSION = 0.49.1
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.24.12
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.25.7
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))