diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/buildkite-k8s-integration-tests.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/buildkite-k8s-integration-tests.sh
index 4e9d1356451..82e667e83cd 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/buildkite-k8s-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/buildkite-k8s-integration-tests.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ chmod +x ./testsBinary
 
 export TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX="${CLUSTER_NAME}"
 
+go install gotest.tools/gotestsum
+gotestsum --version
+
 TESTS_EXIT_STATUS=0
 for variant in "${docker_variants[@]}"; do
   echo "~~~ k8s Integration tests for variant: ${variant}"
diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index 53cc1a6f929..f9e8384bb6c 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.24.0
+1.24.1
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ea46598b4a1..30fc022bbaa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.24.0
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.24.1
 FROM circleci/golang:${GO_VERSION}
 
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.skaffold b/Dockerfile.skaffold
index edf8470e494..ec0187b6de6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.skaffold
+++ b/Dockerfile.skaffold
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.24.0
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.24.1
 ARG crossbuild_image="docker.elastic.co/beats-dev/golang-crossbuild"
 ARG AGENT_VERSION=8.9.0-SNAPSHOT
 ARG AGENT_IMAGE="docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d28aafc4f2c..28f17fe86e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/elastic/elastic-agent
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.24.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/Jeffail/gabs/v2 v2.6.0
diff --git a/version/docs/version.asciidoc b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
index d5a71f627e6..15482d5c64c 100644
--- a/version/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // FIXME: once elastic.co docs have been switched over to use `main`, remove
 // the `doc-site-branch` line below as well as any references to it in the code.
 :doc-site-branch: master
-:go-version: 1.24.0
+:go-version: 1.24.1
 :release-state: unreleased
 :python: 3.7
 :docker: 1.12