diff --git a/.ci-operator.yaml b/.ci-operator.yaml
index a3628cf240..1d88a59fdf 100644
--- a/.ci-operator.yaml
+++ b/.ci-operator.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 build_root_image:
   name: release
   namespace: openshift
-  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22
+  tag: rhel-9-release-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8704f801b4..d8e672c4ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/openshift/oc
 
-go 1.25.6
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	al.essio.dev/pkg/shellescape v1.6.0
diff --git a/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
index 9d6188d092..d3ae460032 100644
--- a/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/cli-artifacts/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # This Dockerfile builds an image containing the Mac and Windows version of oc
 # layered on top of the Linux cli image.
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-8-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc
 COPY . .
 RUN make cross-build --warn-undefined-variables
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22 AS builder-rhel-9
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 AS builder-rhel-9
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc
 COPY . .
 RUN make cross-build --warn-undefined-variables
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:cli
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/5.0:cli
 
 COPY --from=builder-rhel-9 /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc/_output/bin/ /usr/share/openshift/
 
diff --git a/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
index 50d12a82a0..93e3cde7a8 100644
--- a/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/cli/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc
 COPY . .
 RUN make build --warn-undefined-variables \
       && gzip oc-tests-ext
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/5.0:base-rhel9
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc/oc /usr/bin/
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc/oc-tests-ext.gz /usr/bin/oc-tests-ext.gz
 RUN dnf install -y subscription-manager && dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/*
diff --git a/images/tools/Dockerfile b/images/tools/Dockerfile
index 90ceedd216..635e9caf80 100644
--- a/images/tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/tools/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.25-openshift-4.22 AS builder
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.26-openshift-5.0 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc
 COPY . .
 RUN make build --warn-undefined-variables
 
-FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
+FROM registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/5.0:base-rhel9
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc/oc /usr/bin/
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/openshift/oc/images/tools/sos.conf /etc/sos/
 RUN for i in kubectl openshift-deploy openshift-docker-build openshift-sti-build openshift-git-clone openshift-manage-dockerfile openshift-extract-image-content openshift-recycle; do ln -sf /usr/bin/oc /usr/bin/$i; done