diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 590c04544..bf95c053b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ orbs:
 executors:
   go_cimg:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/go:1.24.9
+      - image: cimg/go:1.25
     resource_class: large
 
   local_cluster_test_executor:
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci-test b/Dockerfile.ci-test
index a61073589..6468f5f57 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci-test
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci-test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
 ARG TARGETOS
diff --git a/Dockerfile.cli b/Dockerfile.cli
index c8ee68352..c18dbf13d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cli
+++ b/Dockerfile.cli
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/Dockerfile.controller b/Dockerfile.controller
index b17e3c109..a610a7235 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.controller
+++ b/Dockerfile.controller
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/Dockerfile.kube-adaptor b/Dockerfile.kube-adaptor
index 3a2307507..f54a91c2b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.kube-adaptor
+++ b/Dockerfile.kube-adaptor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/Dockerfile.network-observer b/Dockerfile.network-observer
index 6e628bdec..2b79d20fc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.network-observer
+++ b/Dockerfile.network-observer
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 ARG CONSOLE_VERSION=development
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.system-controller b/Dockerfile.system-controller
index 3ed00272e..086d71da8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.system-controller
+++ b/Dockerfile.system-controller
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.24
+ARG GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG=1.25
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG} AS builder
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9100bf719..8e1c0688f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG := v2-dev
 ROUTER_IMAGE_TAG := main
 PLATFORMS ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64
 CONTAINERFILES := Dockerfile.cli Dockerfile.kube-adaptor Dockerfile.controller Dockerfile.network-observer Dockerfile.system-controller
-GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG := 1.24.9
+GO_IMAGE_BASE_TAG := 1.25
 SHARED_IMAGE_LABELS = \
     --label "org.opencontainers.image.created=$(shell TZ=GMT date --iso-8601=seconds)" \
 	--label "org.opencontainers.image.url=https://skupper.io/" \
diff --git a/doc/develop/code_generation.md b/doc/develop/code_generation.md
index c64788f4e..2fbb752ba 100644
--- a/doc/develop/code_generation.md
+++ b/doc/develop/code_generation.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ In an abundance of caution to avoid contamination from the dev host, we suggest
 running in a container. Example:
 
 ```
-GO_VERSION=1.24.9
+GO_VERSION=1.25
 
 podman run -v $(pwd):/work:rw,Z \
   -w /work \
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9772ec8bd..b3af25de2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/skupperproject/skupper
 
-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.9
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-amqp v1.0.5