diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yml b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
index 82b8c6a6a44..27fc6719566 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
     - uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
       with:
-        go-version: 1.x
+        go-version: stable
         cache-dependency-path: "**/go.sum"
     - run: script/lint.sh
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 85f0e28ef16..f9317ab0526 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.x, 1.24.0] # test with N and the .0 release of N-1
+        go-version: [stable, oldstable] # test with N and the .0 release of N-1
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
           # include windows, but only with the latest Go version, since there
           # is very little in the library that is platform specific
-          - go-version: 1.x
+          - go-version: stable
             platform: windows-latest
 
           # only update test coverage stats with the most recent go version on linux
-          - go-version: 1.x
+          - go-version: stable
             platform: ubuntu-latest
             update-coverage: true
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 2b8850a9c03..3313fe133bf 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/v82/example
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.3.0
diff --git a/example/newreposecretwithlibsodium/go.mod b/example/newreposecretwithlibsodium/go.mod
index 82523faa2e2..3e66db1c637 100644
--- a/example/newreposecretwithlibsodium/go.mod
+++ b/example/newreposecretwithlibsodium/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module newreposecretwithlibsodium
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/GoKillers/libsodium-go v0.0.0-20171022220152-dd733721c3cb
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf7f9f7298e..0cdad1acc8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/v82
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/otel/go.mod b/otel/go.mod
index a5df195da0f..bfb3c9f10b4 100644
--- a/otel/go.mod
+++ b/otel/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/v82/otel
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v82 v82.0.0
diff --git a/scrape/go.mod b/scrape/go.mod
index 5c704a2726a..b6410e7e0bb 100644
--- a/scrape/go.mod
+++ b/scrape/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/scrape
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.11.0
diff --git a/tools/check-structfield-settings/go.mod b/tools/check-structfield-settings/go.mod
index f593c5ed93a..4066b388e16 100644
--- a/tools/check-structfield-settings/go.mod
+++ b/tools/check-structfield-settings/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/v82/tools/check-structfield-settings
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/plugin-module-register v0.1.1
diff --git a/tools/fmtpercentv/go.mod b/tools/fmtpercentv/go.mod
index 900cebaa3cf..6164ce09247 100644
--- a/tools/fmtpercentv/go.mod
+++ b/tools/fmtpercentv/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module tools/fmtpercentv
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/plugin-module-register v0.1.1
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 94197707328..aaa3c089d68 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module tools
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.14.0
diff --git a/tools/sliceofpointers/go.mod b/tools/sliceofpointers/go.mod
index 8c927fb4d2b..c4a0584da41 100644
--- a/tools/sliceofpointers/go.mod
+++ b/tools/sliceofpointers/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module tools/sliceofpointers
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/plugin-module-register v0.1.1
diff --git a/tools/structfield/go.mod b/tools/structfield/go.mod
index 4a48aa02cf4..48ae099ea25 100644
--- a/tools/structfield/go.mod
+++ b/tools/structfield/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/google/go-github/v82/tools/structfield
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/plugin-module-register v0.1.1