diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7ab21f8..6419972f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Please choose versions by [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 * MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner, and
 * PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Update Go to 1.26.0
+
 ## v1.8.2
 
 - Update Go from 1.25.5 to 1.25.7
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fad2350c..d626b886 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bborbe/alert
 
-go 1.25.7
+go 1.26.0
 
 replace k8s.io/kube-openapi => k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250701173324-9bd5c66d9911