diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8626fa..af1a85d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ARCH := $(if $(GOARCH),$(GOARCH),$(shell go env GOARCH))
 BASEIMAGE_PROD   ?= gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
 BASEIMAGE_DBG    ?= debian:12
 
-GO_VERSION       ?= 1.20
+GO_VERSION       ?= 1.25
 BUILD_IMAGE      ?= ghcr.io/appscode/golang-dev:$(GO_VERSION)
 
 OUTBIN = bin/$(OS)_$(ARCH)/$(BIN)