diff --git a/src/runtime/go.mod b/src/runtime/go.mod
index 7e92144451..3fa64068af 100644
--- a/src/runtime/go.mod
+++ b/src/runtime/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 // WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
 // https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020
diff --git a/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod b/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
index 46fd85a452..b95c9bc5f8 100644
--- a/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
+++ b/src/tools/csi-kata-directvolume/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module kata-containers/csi-kata-directvolume
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 // WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
 // https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.2
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.14 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240227224415-6ceb2ff114de // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
diff --git a/src/tools/log-parser/go.mod b/src/tools/log-parser/go.mod
index b68a425210..5b1918b444 100644
--- a/src/tools/log-parser/go.mod
+++ b/src/tools/log-parser/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/tools/log-parser
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index ffdd767249..117ce495d3 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/kata-containers/tests
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 // WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
 // https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/go.mod b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/go.mod
index ff56007084..5637c31aba 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/go.mod
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module example.com/m
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/mkerrors.sh b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/mkerrors.sh
index 0671271cf8..ca50e4e14d 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/mkerrors.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/vendor/golang.org/x/sys/unix/mkerrors.sh
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ errors=$(
 signals=$(
 	echo '#include <signal.h>' | $CC -x c - -E -dM $ccflags |
 	awk '$1=="#define" && $2 ~ /^SIG[A-Z0-9]+$/ { print $2 }' |
-	grep -v -E '(SIGSTKSIZE|SIGSTKSZ|SIGRT|SIGMAX64)' |
+	egrep -v '(SIGSTKSIZE|SIGSTKSZ|SIGRT|SIGMAX64)' |
 	sort
 )
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ echo '#include <errno.h>' | $CC -x c - -E -dM $ccflags |
 	sort >_error.grep
 echo '#include <signal.h>' | $CC -x c - -E -dM $ccflags |
 	awk '$1=="#define" && $2 ~ /^SIG[A-Z0-9]+$/ { print "^\t" $2 "[ \t]*=" }' |
-	grep -v -E '(SIGSTKSIZE|SIGSTKSZ|SIGRT|SIGMAX64)' |
+	egrep -v '(SIGSTKSIZE|SIGSTKSZ|SIGRT|SIGMAX64)' |
 	sort >_signal.grep
 
 echo '// mkerrors.sh' "$@"
diff --git a/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod b/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod
index 09723965f7..3338dcf926 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod
+++ b/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module module-path
 
 // Keep in sync with version in versions.yaml
-go 1.24.6
+go 1.24.9
 
 require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 24537d17ab..ab7521ac95 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -433,12 +433,12 @@ languages:
     description: "Google's 'go' language"
     notes: "'version' is the default minimum version used by this project."
     # When updating this, also update in go.mod files.
-    version: "1.24.6"
+    version: "1.24.9"
     meta:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.24.6"
+      newest-version: "1.24.9"
 
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"