diff --git a/src/runtime/go.mod b/src/runtime/go.mod
index bc6a1c6830..681ca92687 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 1.23.0
+go 1.24.6
 
 // 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 cf03a2f727..bca460ba60 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 1.23.0
+go 1.24.6
 
 // WARNING: Do NOT use `replace` directives as those break dependabot:
 // https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/11020
diff --git a/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod b/tools/testing/kata-webhook/go.mod
index 7ed5ad761a..09723965f7 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 1.23.0
+go 1.24.6
 
 require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index eada3dbb3e..4ed347d406 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -400,12 +400,13 @@ languages:
   golang:
     description: "Google's 'go' language"
     notes: "'version' is the default minimum version used by this project."
-    version: "1.23.10"
+    # When updating this, also update in go.mod files.
+    version: "1.24.6"
     meta:
       description: |
         'newest-version' is the latest version known to work when
         building Kata
-      newest-version: "1.23.10"
+      newest-version: "1.24.6"
 
   rust:
     description: "Rust language"