diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ad6c6b4b9b..7c1fc336e3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # Build the manager binary
 ARG GO_VERSION
-FROM golang:${GO_VERSION} AS builder
+FROM golang:${GO_VERSION:-1.24.8} AS builder
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
 # Run this with docker build --build_arg goproxy=$(go env GOPROXY) to override the goproxy
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bc8b92771..f9c1127610 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ unexport GOPATH
 TRACE ?= 0
 
 # Go
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.24.7
+GO_VERSION ?= 1.24.8
 
 # Directories.
 ARTIFACTS ?= $(REPO_ROOT)/_artifacts