diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
index b09c0dbbf..5e268d945 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v6
       with:
-        go-version: '1.25'
+        go-version: '1.26'
         # unfortunately we cannot use the provided caching because it uses the
         # same cache for all workflows/jobs, leading to undesired cache clashes,
         # causing uncached test runs etc ...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index ffb2458b8..15f3c75a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25
+          go-version: 1.26
       - run: rustup update
       - uses: stellar/actions/rust-cache@main
       - run: make build-libs
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a9205737b..8d73c0021 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/stellar/stellar-rpc
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.4
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251023183803-a4bb9ffd2546 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.40.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.57.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e897cfb3e..65f8b96a8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 h1:6gvOSjQoTB3vt1l+CU+tSyi/HOjfOjRLJ4YwYZGwRO0=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3/go.mod h1:zSxWcmIDjOzPXpjlTTbAsKokqkDNAVtZO0WOMiT90s8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 h1:+KWHjbgOaAQ66dh/YlkZKHlz9ZUlq61AFirAR9ntP8M=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0/go.mod h1:uq0V9dE/fzQuJtbnL+2EhWOE63vo164FY8xqEnV9xis=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0 h1:GUh5Ii4J5jtcseSMiRqr1jXCNHoxjeV9Fmekc2oLy6Y=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0/go.mod h1:OMW5y6CY9l38uPLmxU6l6pwcXp1obtLo3e6gT7gQR2I=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251023183803-a4bb9ffd2546 h1:mgKeJMpvi0yx/sU5GsxQ7p6s2wtOnGAHZWCHUM4KGzY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251023183803-a4bb9ffd2546/go.mod h1:j/pmGrbnkbPtQfxEe5D0VQhZC6qKbfKifgD0oM7sR70=