diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ab64699..88ca1a6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.25-alpine AS builder
+FROM golang:1.26-alpine AS builder
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /backend
 COPY vm/go.* ./
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 984d15a..e0dd11f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ To contribute, check out our [issue tracker](https://github.com/localstack/local
 
 Most CVEs reported against this image come from the Go toolchain compiled into
 the `service` binary rather than from any dependency manifest, so they are fixed
-by rebuilding on a newer `golang:1.25-alpine` rather than by bumping anything.
+by rebuilding on a newer `golang:1.26-alpine` rather than by bumping anything.
 
 The [weekly security rebuild](.github/workflows/security-rebuild.yml) does this
 automatically: it scans the published image, rebuilds from scratch, and
diff --git a/vm/go.mod b/vm/go.mod
index ba6c228..7aecbcb 100644
--- a/vm/go.mod
+++ b/vm/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module LocalStack
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/labstack/echo v3.3.10+incompatible
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.58.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.60.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/vm/go.sum b/vm/go.sum
index 20b7d3d..f6f941f 100644
--- a/vm/go.sum
+++ b/vm/go.sum
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6Kllzaw
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 h1:lxLXG0uE3Qnshl9QyaK6XJxMXlQZELvChBOCmQD0Loo=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2/go.mod h1:KHLXt3tVN2HBp8eijSv/kGJopbvo7S+qRAEEKiv+SiQ=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 h1:+KWHjbgOaAQ66dh/YlkZKHlz9ZUlq61AFirAR9ntP8M=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0/go.mod h1:uq0V9dE/fzQuJtbnL+2EhWOE63vo164FY8xqEnV9xis=
-golang.org/x/net v0.58.0 h1:ynWG7rqYi4ccpTEuPZ2QGWHktVEM9DMCj9yzDE0Q7To=
-golang.org/x/net v0.58.0/go.mod h1:YwCddHnFlT7eLQqVprV19OnhLGtc5xOKgE0RyqgfWAU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0 h1:3ZVCjf8Ggz7zneR/EHRVx68Ctf+2pmIMP2UFhh9cC6M=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.57.0/go.mod h1:Fdz0i5U6CoizGwLda9DttjSk6qlZo25zYNtR+ycvuZA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.60.0 h1:79p50tfZlm0J9YfoDsSi639qSXNGVwEzOPLCxM2FsYU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.60.0/go.mod h1:2DA/G1UfVbCpQPeWTmMPGY7Cs2PkBkwu743bVX5PIVg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 h1:o7XGOvZQCADBQQ4Y7VNq2dRWQR7JmOUW8Kxx4ZsNgWs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 h1:vz/seA0lnX87Othu2f/0L24RcgrXD9/YFTSuGjj3rH8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0/go.mod h1:jvf1O8ajNzZqhSrQBPbutR/EB83Cc0CFrezNQIwbb5M=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0 h1:bbX/i/6MgT9BVLM9RT1thmxL04yeTAhbEz4SyadbXoo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.48.0/go.mod h1:hNLxWAXmnKAxqDtdwIYC4bM9oQPEecfsnNMuSxOs3og=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 h1:JbOZXgfeCPU9gacVtYliJqOhD+zhrEqK4LfdpmlUZqI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0/go.mod h1:ojzP1Z+2QtioaF8DTtO8K5q7JWVVYwZKenzujK0Zd0E=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=