diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index aad671d22ce0..013518044157 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
       // This sets the whole project Go version.
       // The latest stable Go version can be checked at https://go.dev/dl/
-      project.ext.goVersion = "go1.25.6"
+      project.ext.goVersion = "go1.26.0"
 
       // Minor TODO: Figure out if we can pull out the GOCMD env variable after goPrepare script
       // completion, and avoid this GOBIN substitution.