diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 247de18..cbcfa41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Rest Server is a high performance HTTP server that implements restic's [REST bac
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Rest Server requires Go 1.24 or higher to build.  The only tested compiler is the official Go compiler.
+Rest Server requires Go 1.26 or higher to build.  The only tested compiler is the official Go compiler.
 
 The required version of restic backup client to use with `rest-server` is [v0.7.1](https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.7.1) or higher.
 
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 205cad7..df94f44 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var config = Config{
 	Namespace:  "github.com/restic/rest-server",                 // subdir of GOPATH, e.g. "github.com/foo/bar"
 	Main:       "github.com/restic/rest-server/cmd/rest-server", // package name for the main package
 	Tests:      []string{"./..."},                               // tests to run
-	MinVersion: GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 24, Patch: 0},        // minimum Go version supported
+	MinVersion: GoVersion{Major: 1, Minor: 26, Patch: 0},        // minimum Go version supported
 }
 
 // Config configures the build.
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/pull-373 b/changelog/unreleased/pull-373
index 8275d5b..b378d0c 100644
--- a/changelog/unreleased/pull-373
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/pull-373
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.24 or newer
+Change: Update dependencies and require Go 1.26 or newer
 
-All dependencies have been updated. Rest-server now requires Go 1.24 or newer
+All dependencies have been updated. Rest-server now requires Go 1.26 or newer
 to build.
 
 https://github.com/restic/rest-server/pull/373
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6776a06..51c2620 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/restic/rest-server
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.6.0