diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 59cbf1b669..b2638c3413 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     # should also be updated.
     container:
 
-      image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.25-base
+      image: quay.io/prometheus/golang-builder:1.26-base
     services:
       maildev-noauth:
         image: maildev/maildev:2.2.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mixin.yml b/.github/workflows/mixin.yml
index 18675c71eb..9bf46d1cac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mixin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mixin.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
       # pin the mixtool version until https://github.com/monitoring-mixins/mixtool/issues/135 is merged.
       - run: go install github.com/monitoring-mixins/mixtool/cmd/mixtool@2282201396b69055bb0f92f187049027a16d2130
       - run: go install github.com/google/go-jsonnet/cmd/jsonnetfmt@latest
diff --git a/.promu.yml b/.promu.yml
index 0721a29ee9..f54b3eaa8b 100644
--- a/.promu.yml
+++ b/.promu.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 go:
     # Whenever the Go version is updated here,
     # .circle/config.yml should also be updated.
-    version: 1.25
+    version: 1.26
 repository:
     path: github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
 build:
diff --git a/cli/silence_import.go b/cli/silence_import.go
index c65566a427..17e7c30c8a 100644
--- a/cli/silence_import.go
+++ b/cli/silence_import.go
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ func (c *silenceImportCmd) bulkImport(ctx context.Context, _ *kingpin.ParseConte
 	}
 	defer closeChannels()
 	for w := 0; w < c.workers; w++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			addSilenceWorker(ctx, amclient.Silence, silencec, errc)
-			wg.Done()
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	errCount := 0
diff --git a/cluster/tls_transport_test.go b/cluster/tls_transport_test.go
index c582ade7bb..c1c4a737d3 100644
--- a/cluster/tls_transport_test.go
+++ b/cluster/tls_transport_test.go
@@ -210,11 +210,9 @@ func TestDialTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var to net.Conn
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		to = <-t2.StreamCh()
-		wg.Done()
-	}()
+	})
 
 	sent := []byte(("test stream"))
 	m, err := from.Write(sent)
diff --git a/cmd/alertmanager/main.go b/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
index 0f654b3328..dcb5584241 100644
--- a/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
@@ -287,11 +287,9 @@ func run() int {
 		notificationLog.SetBroadcast(c.Broadcast)
 	}
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		notificationLog.Maintenance(*maintenanceInterval, filepath.Join(*dataDir, "nflog"), stopc, nil)
-		wg.Done()
-	}()
+	})
 
 	marker := types.NewMarker(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
 
@@ -317,11 +315,9 @@ func run() int {
 	}
 
 	// Start providers before router potentially sends updates.
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		silences.Maintenance(*maintenanceInterval, filepath.Join(*dataDir, "silences"), stopc, nil)
-		wg.Done()
-	}()
+	})
 
 	defer func() {
 		close(stopc)
diff --git a/dispatch/dispatch.go b/dispatch/dispatch.go
index 2078cdfba1..9cd1f1a769 100644
--- a/dispatch/dispatch.go
+++ b/dispatch/dispatch.go
@@ -200,9 +200,7 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run(it provider.AlertIterator) {
 	defer it.Close()
 
 	// Start maintenance goroutine
-	d.finished.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer d.finished.Done()
+	d.finished.Go(func() {
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(d.maintenanceInterval)
 		defer ticker.Stop()
 
@@ -214,12 +212,10 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run(it provider.AlertIterator) {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-	}()
+	})
 
 	// Start timer goroutine
-	d.finished.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer d.finished.Done()
+	d.finished.Go(func() {
 		<-d.startTimer.C
 
 		if d.state.CompareAndSwap(DispatcherStateWaitingToStart, DispatcherStateRunning) {
@@ -232,7 +228,7 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) run(it provider.AlertIterator) {
 				})
 			}
 		}
-	}()
+	})
 
 	// Start multiple alert ingestion goroutines
 	alertCh := it.Next()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0730775047..48256244d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit v0.7.5
diff --git a/nflog/nflog_test.go b/nflog/nflog_test.go
index b0b1127d32..97a63edc3c 100644
--- a/nflog/nflog_test.go
+++ b/nflog/nflog_test.go
@@ -156,14 +156,12 @@ func TestWithMaintenance_SupportsCustomCallback(t *testing.T) {
 	var calls atomic.Int32
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		l.Maintenance(100*time.Millisecond, f.Name(), stopc, func() (int64, error) {
 			calls.Add(1)
 			return 0, nil
 		})
-	}()
+	})
 	gosched()
 
 	// Before the first tick, no maintenance executed.
diff --git a/provider/mem/mem_test.go b/provider/mem/mem_test.go
index e43a4d3312..8de535edbc 100644
--- a/provider/mem/mem_test.go
+++ b/provider/mem/mem_test.go
@@ -564,10 +564,7 @@ func TestAlertsConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
 	expire := 10 * time.Millisecond
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for range 100 {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			j := 0
 			for {
 				select {
@@ -592,7 +589,7 @@ func TestAlertsConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				j++
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	select {
diff --git a/silence/cache_test.go b/silence/cache_test.go
index fd8c45d135..4930414524 100644
--- a/silence/cache_test.go
+++ b/silence/cache_test.go
@@ -157,35 +157,29 @@ func TestCacheConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Concurrent readers.
 	for range goroutines {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			for range 100 {
 				_ = c.get(fp)
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Concurrent writers.
 	for i := range goroutines {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			for j := range 100 {
 				c.set(fp, newCacheEntry(i*100+j, "w"))
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Concurrent deleters.
 	for range goroutines {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
+		wg.Go(func() {
 			for range 100 {
 				c.delete(fp)
 			}
-		}()
+		})
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
diff --git a/silence/silence_test.go b/silence/silence_test.go
index a204f902c1..53c32542c9 100644
--- a/silence/silence_test.go
+++ b/silence/silence_test.go
@@ -553,14 +553,12 @@ func TestSilences_Maintenance_SupportsCustomCallback(t *testing.T) {
 	var calls atomic.Int32
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		s.Maintenance(10*time.Second, f.Name(), stopc, func() (int64, error) {
 			calls.Add(1)
 			return 0, nil
 		})
-	}()
+	})
 	gosched()
 
 	// Before the first tick, no maintenance executed.
diff --git a/template/template_test.go b/template/template_test.go
index b9639bc69c..549d5391bf 100644
--- a/template/template_test.go
+++ b/template/template_test.go
@@ -660,9 +660,7 @@ func TestTemplateFuncs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.title, func(t *testing.T) {
 			wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 			for range 10 {
-				wg.Add(1)
-				go func() {
-					defer wg.Done()
+				wg.Go(func() {
 					got, err := tmpl.ExecuteTextString(tc.in, tc.data)
 					if tc.expErr == "" {
 						require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -671,7 +669,7 @@ func TestTemplateFuncs(t *testing.T) {
 						require.EqualError(t, err, tc.expErr)
 						require.Empty(t, got)
 					}
-				}()
+				})
 			}
 			wg.Wait()
 		})