diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
index adb691c..bed2203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.26'
+          check-latest: true
       - name: Set up pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vet.yaml b/.github/workflows/vet.yaml
index 1552bda..8cd169b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vet.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vet.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go_version }}
+          check-latest: true
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
       - name: golangci-lint
         # v8+ of the action is required for golangci-lint v2 (older action
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go_version }}
+          check-latest: true
       - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
       - name: run tests
         run: go test -json ./... > test.json
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index cce6461..cd6b02c 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-golang 1.26.2
+golang 1.26.10
 golangci-lint 2.12.2
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39b6597..671a489 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ethpandaops/forky
 
-go 1.26.8
+go 1.26.10
 
 replace github.com/probe-lab/hermes => github.com/ethpandaops/hermes v0.0.4-0.20250715094801-db6021d1c703