diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index b87d9d1..b378b2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+          go-version: "1.26" # golangci-lint v2.12 is built with go1.26
 
       - name: Lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v9.3.0
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+          go-version: stable
           # setup-go provides module/build caching out of the box.
 
       - name: Download dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9812e77..3a78040 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+          go-version: stable
           # setup-go caches the module and build caches by default (keyed on
           # go.sum), so the manual cache + set-output steps are no longer needed.
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9d7da0e..d9a7fb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: "1.25"
+          go-version: stable
           # setup-go provides module/build caching out of the box.
 
       - name: Test