diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index d7eda71db6d1..446f93c36c42 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ define BUSYBOX_SET_CRYPT_SHA
 endef
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA256),y)
+define BUSYBOX_SET_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO
+	$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO,"sha256")
+endef
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA512),y)
+define BUSYBOX_SET_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO
+	$(call KCONFIG_SET_OPT,CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO,"sha512")
+endef
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_USE_MMU),y)
 define BUSYBOX_SET_MMU
 	$(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_NOMMU)
@@ -427,6 +439,7 @@ define BUSYBOX_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_MDEV)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_CRYPT_SHA)
 	$(BUSYBOX_LINUX_PAM)
+	$(BUSYBOX_SET_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_INIT)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_WATCHDOG)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_SELINUX)
diff --git a/package/go/go.hash b/package/go/go.hash
index 7c689f9144b5..6134ec5f7556 100644
--- a/package/go/go.hash
+++ b/package/go/go.hash
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # sha256 checksum from https://go.dev/dl/
-sha256  22a5fd0a91efcd28a1b0537106b9959b2804b61f59c3758b51e8e5429c1a954f  go1.25.5.src.tar.gz
-sha256  db908a86e888574ed3432355ba5372ad3ef2c0821ba9b91ceaa0f6634620c40c  go1.25.5.linux-386.tar.gz
-sha256  9e9b755d63b36acf30c12a9a3fc379243714c1c6d3dd72861da637f336ebb35b  go1.25.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-sha256  b00b694903d126c588c378e72d3545549935d3982635ba3f7a964c9fa23fe3b9  go1.25.5.linux-arm64.tar.gz
-sha256  0b27e3dec8d04899d6941586d2aa2721c3dee67c739c1fc1b528188f3f6e8ab5  go1.25.5.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
-sha256  f0904b647b5b8561efc5d48bb59a34f2b7996afab83ccd41c93b1aeb2c0067e4  go1.25.5.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
-sha256  a5d0a72b0dfd57f9c2c0cdd8b7e0f401e0afb9e8c304d3410f9b0982ce0953da  go1.25.5.linux-s390x.tar.gz
+sha256  58cbf771e44d76de6f56d19e33b77d745a1e489340922875e46585b975c2b059  go1.25.6.src.tar.gz
+sha256  59fe62eee3cca65332acef3ebe9b6ff3272467e0a08bf7f68f96334902bf23b9  go1.25.6.linux-386.tar.gz
+sha256  f022b6aad78e362bcba9b0b94d09ad58c5a70c6ba3b7582905fababf5fe0181a  go1.25.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+sha256  738ef87d79c34272424ccdf83302b7b0300b8b096ed443896089306117943dd5  go1.25.6.linux-arm64.tar.gz
+sha256  679f0e70b27c637116791e3c98afbf8c954deb2cd336364944d014f8e440e2ae  go1.25.6.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
+sha256  bee02dbe034b12b839ae7807a85a61c13bee09ee38f2eeba2074bd26c0c0ab73  go1.25.6.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
+sha256  3d97cc5670a0da9cb177037782129f0bf499ecb47abc40488248548abd2c2c35  go1.25.6.linux-s390x.tar.gz
 sha256  911f8f5782931320f5b8d1160a76365b83aea6447ee6c04fa6d5591467db9dad  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/go/go.mk b/package/go/go.mk
index c932baf018e1..91e5fbf3479c 100644
--- a/package/go/go.mk
+++ b/package/go/go.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GO_VERSION = 1.25.5
+GO_VERSION = 1.25.6
 
 HOST_GO_GOPATH = $(HOST_DIR)/share/go-path
 HOST_GO_HOST_CACHE = $(HOST_DIR)/share/host-go-cache
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index 0652b94a3bf6..98bbd9309243 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ choice
 config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA256
 	bool "sha-256"
 	help
-	  Use SHA256 to encode passwords which is stronger than MD5.
+	  Use SHA256 to encode passwords.
 
 config BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA512
 	bool "sha-512"