diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8fc4b36f6..421d9d21d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SOURCES = cmd/main.go
 VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
 DIRS := cmd pkg
 PKG := `go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/`
+ARCH := $(shell go env GOARCH)
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
 	DOCKERFILE = DebugDockerfile
@@ -42,8 +43,7 @@ ifndef GOPATH
 	GOPATH := $(HOME)/go
 endif
 
-PATH := $(GOPATH)/bin:$(PATH)
-SHELL := env PATH=$(PATH) $(SHELL)
+export PATH := $(GOPATH)/bin:$(PATH)
 
 default: local
 
@@ -61,12 +61,11 @@ macos: ${SOURCES}
 	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_ENABLED} go build -o build/macos/${BINARY} ${BUILD_FLAGS} -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" $^
 
 docker: ${DOCKERDIR}/${DOCKERFILE}
-	echo `(env)`
 	echo "Tag ${TAG}"
 	echo "Version ${VERSION}"
 	echo "CDP tag ${CDP_TAG}"
 	echo "git describe $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)"
-	docker build --rm -t "$(IMAGE):$(TAG)$(CDP_TAG)$(DEBUG_FRESH)$(DEBUG_POSTFIX)" -f "${DOCKERDIR}/${DOCKERFILE}" --build-arg VERSION="${VERSION}" .
+	docker buildx build --build-arg "BASE_REGISTRY=docker.io" --build-arg "ARCH=linux/${ARCH}" --rm -t "$(IMAGE):$(TAG)$(CDP_TAG)$(DEBUG_FRESH)$(DEBUG_POSTFIX)" -f "${DOCKERDIR}/${DOCKERFILE}" --build-arg VERSION="${VERSION}" .
 
 indocker-race:
 	docker run --rm -v "${GOPATH}":"${GOPATH}" -e GOPATH="${GOPATH}" -e RACE=1 -w ${PWD} golang:1.23.4 bash -c "make linux"
@@ -101,3 +100,16 @@ codegen:
 
 e2e: docker # build operator image to be tested
 	cd e2e; make e2etest
+
+grype-scan: docker
+	@echo "Checking for grype installation..."
+	@if ! command -v grype &> /dev/null; then \
+		echo "grype could not be found, please install it first."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@echo "Grype is installed, proceeding with the scan..."
+	@echo "Using image: $(IMAGE):$(TAG)$(CDP_TAG)$(DEBUG_FRESH)$(DEBUG_POSTFIX)"
+	@echo "Running grype scan on image: $(IMAGE):$(TAG)$(CDP_TAG)$(DEBUG_FRESH)$(DEBUG_POSTFIX)"
+	docker run --rm --volume ~/.docker/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+	-w ${PWD} anchore/grype:latest \
+	docker:$(IMAGE):$(TAG)$(CDP_TAG)$(DEBUG_FRESH)$(DEBUG_POSTFIX)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/DebugDockerfile b/docker/DebugDockerfile
index 18cb631fe..a4c9ae116 100644
--- a/docker/DebugDockerfile
+++ b/docker/DebugDockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.23-alpine
+FROM golang:1.24.4-alpine
 LABEL maintainer="Team ACID @ Zalando <team-acid@zalando.de>"
 
 # We need root certificates to deal with teams api over https
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 1fd2020d8..2c89e8c1b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=registry.opensource.zalan.do/library/alpine-3:latest
-FROM golang:1.23-alpine AS builder
+ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry.opensource.zalan.do
+ARG BASE_TAG=3.22.1
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=${BASE_REGISTRY}/library/alpine:${BASE_TAG}
+ARG ARCH=linux/amd64
+FROM --platform=${ARCH} golang:1.24.4-alpine AS builder
 ARG VERSION=latest
 
 COPY  . /go/src/github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
@@ -8,7 +11,7 @@ WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
 RUN GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor \
     && CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o build/postgres-operator -v -ldflags "-X=main.version=${VERSION}" cmd/main.go
 
-FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+FROM --platform=${ARCH} ${BASE_IMAGE}
 LABEL maintainer="Team ACID @ Zalando <team-acid@zalando.de>"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator"
 
@@ -18,8 +21,8 @@ RUN apk -U upgrade --no-cache \
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/build/* /
 
-RUN addgroup -g 1000 pgo
-RUN adduser -D -u 1000 -G pgo -g 'Postgres Operator' pgo
+RUN addgroup -g 1000 pgo && \
+    adduser -D -u 1000 -G pgo -g 'Postgres Operator' pgo
 
 USER 1000:1000
 
diff --git a/docker/build_operator.sh b/docker/build_operator.sh
index 6c1817b1b..689888be0 100644
--- a/docker/build_operator.sh
+++ b/docker/build_operator.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ apt-get install -y wget
 
 (
     cd /tmp
-    wget -q "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.23.4.linux-${arch}.tar.gz" -O go.tar.gz
+    wget -q "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.24.4.linux-${arch}.tar.gz" -O go.tar.gz
     tar -xf go.tar.gz
     mv go /usr/local
     ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c0125229..b331a6e4d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
 
-go 1.23.4
+go 1.24.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/r3labs/diff v1.1.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240112132812-db7319d0e0e3
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.30.4
@@ -51,16 +51,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e55f2dd7..125afd270 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0 h1:ErTB+efbowRARo13NNdxyJji2egdxLGQhRaY+DUumQc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0/go.mod h1:p6yTPP+5HYm5mzsMV8JkE6ZKdX+/wYM6Hr+LicevLPs=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 h1:yo/ABAfM5IMRsS1VnXjTBvUb61tFIHozhlYvRgGre9I=
@@ -119,31 +118,30 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0 h1:r4x+VvoG5Fm+eJcxMaY8CQM7Lb0l1lsmjGBQ6s8BfKM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Qr1vMER5WyS2dfPHAlsOj01wgLbsyWtFn/aY+5+ZdxY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240112132812-db7319d0e0e3 h1:hNQpMuAJe5CtcUqCXaWga3FHu+kQvCqcsoVaQgSV60o=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240112132812-db7319d0e0e3/go.mod h1:idGWGoKP1toJGkd5/ig9ZLuPcZBC3ewk7SzmH0uou08=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 h1:zY54UmvipHiNd+pm+m0x9KhZ9hl1/7QNMyxXbc6ICqA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 h1:n7a+ZbQKQA/Ysbyb0/6IbB1H/X41mKgbhfv7AfG/44w=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0/go.mod h1:IXM97Txy2VM4PJ3gI61r1YEk/gAj6zAHN3AdZt6S9Ww=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190603091049-60506f45cf65/go.mod h1:HSz+uSET+XFnRR8LxR5pz3Of3rY3CfYBVs4xY44aLks=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
-golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0 h1:zHCpF2Khkwy4mMB4bv0U37YtJdTGW8jI0glAApi0Kh8=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0/go.mod h1:kTpgurOux7LqtuxjuyZa4Gj2gdezIt/jQtGnNFfypQI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 h1:vBTly1HeNPEn3wtREYfy4GZ/NECgw2Cnl+nK6Nz3uvw=
+golang.org/x/net v0.41.0/go.mod h1:B/K4NNqkfmg07DQYrbwvSluqCJOOXwUjeb/5lOisjbA=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 h1:3NQrjDixjgGwUOCaF8w2+VYHv0Ve/vGYSbdkTa98gmQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 h1:ycBJEhp9p4vXvUZNszeOq0kGTPghopOL8q0fq3vstxw=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -151,16 +149,15 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 h1:WP60Sv1nlK1T6SupCHbXzSaN0b9wUmsPoRS9b61A23Q=
-golang.org/x/term v0.27.0/go.mod h1:iMsnZpn0cago0GOrHO2+Y7u7JPn5AylBrcoWkElMTSM=
+golang.org/x/term v0.33.0 h1:NuFncQrRcaRvVmgRkvM3j/F00gWIAlcmlB8ACEKmGIg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.33.0/go.mod h1:s18+ql9tYWp1IfpV9DmCtQDDSRBUjKaw9M1eAv5UeF0=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
-golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.27.0 h1:4fGWRpyh641NLlecmyl4LOe6yDdfaYNrGb2zdfo4JV4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1D28KMCvyooCX9hBiosv5Tz/+YLxj0j7XhWjpSUF7CU=
 golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 h1:rg5rLMjNzMS1RkNLzCG38eapWhnYLFYXDXj2gOlr8j4=
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@@ -169,14 +166,12 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200505023115-26f46d2f7ef8/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roY
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
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-golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d h1:vU5i/LfpvrRCpgM/VPfJLg5KjxD3E+hfT1SH+d9zLwg=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d/go.mod h1:aiJjzUbINMkxbQROHiO6hDPo2LHcIPhhQsa9DLh0yGk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0 h1:qIpSLOxeCYGg9TrcJokLBG4KFA6d795g0xkBkiESGlo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0/go.mod h1:pAP9OwEaY1CAW3HOmg3hLZC5Z0CCmzjAF2UQMSqNARg=
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-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
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