diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.11/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.11/Dockerfile
index 0892bc345998c..9e99a22d7b097 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.11/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/interoptest/grpc_interop_go1.11/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-FROM golang:1.11
+FROM golang:1.25rc3
 
 # Using login shell removes Go from path, so we add it.
 RUN ln -s /usr/local/go/bin/go /usr/local/bin