diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index f4ee2ea593..b9bccf95cb 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Step one: build compliance-operator
-FROM golang:1.23 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.26 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/compliance-operator