diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index ba3044353..1ed4989f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         runner: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04-arm]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     container:
-      image: golang:1.26.1-bookworm@sha256:ab3d6955bbc813a0f3fdf220c1d817dd89c0b3f283777db8ece4a32fe7858edd
+      image: golang:1.26.3-bookworm@sha256:386d475a660466863d9f8c766fec64d7fdad3edac2c6a05020c09534d71edb4b
       options: --user root --privileged
     steps:
       - id: go-cache-paths
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8e3cfc651..bcf12f264 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.1-bookworm@sha256:ab3d6955bbc813a0f3fdf220c1d817dd89c0b3f283777db8ece4a32fe7858edd AS base
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.26.3-bookworm@sha256:386d475a660466863d9f8c766fec64d7fdad3edac2c6a05020c09534d71edb4b AS base
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl clang gcc llvm make libbpf-dev
 
diff --git a/examples/httpPlusdb/Dockerfile b/examples/httpPlusdb/Dockerfile
index fc505f390..053d64357 100644
--- a/examples/httpPlusdb/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/httpPlusdb/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.26.1@sha256:cd78d88e00afadbedd272f977d375a6247455f3a4b1178f8ae8bbcb201743a8a
+FROM golang:1.26.3@sha256:6df14f4a4bc9d979a3721f488981e0d1b318006377e473ed23d026796f5f4c0a
 WORKDIR /app
 # Copy go.mod for better layer caching
 COPY go.mod go.sum* ./
diff --git a/examples/kafka-go/Dockerfile b/examples/kafka-go/Dockerfile
index 1954c91bf..4c8fded41 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-go/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/kafka-go/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.26.1@sha256:cd78d88e00afadbedd272f977d375a6247455f3a4b1178f8ae8bbcb201743a8a
+FROM golang:1.26.3@sha256:6df14f4a4bc9d979a3721f488981e0d1b318006377e473ed23d026796f5f4c0a
 WORKDIR /app
 ARG BINARY_NAME
 ENV BINARY_NAME=$BINARY_NAME
diff --git a/examples/rolldice/frontend/Dockerfile b/examples/rolldice/frontend/Dockerfile
index 1173b98a5..282c7cf76 100644
--- a/examples/rolldice/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/rolldice/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.26.1@sha256:cd78d88e00afadbedd272f977d375a6247455f3a4b1178f8ae8bbcb201743a8a
+FROM golang:1.26.3@sha256:6df14f4a4bc9d979a3721f488981e0d1b318006377e473ed23d026796f5f4c0a
 WORKDIR /usr/src/user
 COPY user/ ./
 WORKDIR /usr/src/frontend
diff --git a/examples/rolldice/user/Dockerfile b/examples/rolldice/user/Dockerfile
index 50182f810..8c5f41df8 100644
--- a/examples/rolldice/user/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/rolldice/user/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.26.1@sha256:cd78d88e00afadbedd272f977d375a6247455f3a4b1178f8ae8bbcb201743a8a
+FROM golang:1.26.3@sha256:6df14f4a4bc9d979a3721f488981e0d1b318006377e473ed23d026796f5f4c0a
 WORKDIR /usr/src/go.opentelemetry.io/auto/examples/rolldice/user
 # Use the local SDK copy.
 COPY ./sdk /usr/src/go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk