diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39b252783606b..1d4a122c24dd9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 module k8s.io/kubernetes
 
-go 1.24.11
+go 1.25.5
 
-godebug default=go1.24
+godebug default=go1.25
 
 require (
 	bitbucket.org/bertimus9/systemstat v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index b428a8670fbf0..214848234cad3 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
 
-go 1.24.11
+go 1.25.5
 
-godebug default=go1.24
+godebug default=go1.25
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
index c3e00bec4497c..31c9362d30a65 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module k8s.io/kubectl
 
-go 1.24.11
+go 1.25.5
 
 godebug default=go1.24
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 56dbf162761ff..675f3c98b4075 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-proxy/config/v1alpha1
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler/config/v1
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler/extender/v1
 # k8s.io/kubectl v0.0.0 => ./staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl
-## explicit; go 1.24.6
+## explicit; go 1.25.5
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/apps
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd
 k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/annotate