diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 68ad7de..e173402 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Version validation
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.6.0
+        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.7.0
         id: checkTag
         with:
           tag: v${{ env.VERSION }}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go version
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
-          go-version: '^1.20.7'
+          go-version: '^1.26.1'
 
       - name: Build binaries for host machine
         run: make splitd splitcli
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2f03549..136a0ac 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/splitio/splitd
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.26.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/splitio/go-toolkit/v5 v5.4.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.52.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 449df85..7c9de44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -83,20 +83,20 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV
 golang.org/x/arch v0.0.0-20210923205945-b76863e36670/go.mod h1:5om86z9Hs0C8fWVUuoMHwpExlXzs5Tkyp9hOrfG7pp8=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0 h1:3wRIsP3pM4yUptoR96otTUOXI367OS0+c9eeRi9doIc=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0/go.mod h1:FEVrYAQjsQXMVJ1nsMoVVXPZg6p2JE2mx8psSWTDQys=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 h1:jMBrvKuj23MTlT0bQEOBcAE0mjg8mK9RXFhRH6nyF3Q=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0/go.mod h1:XTGrrkGJve7CYK7J8PEww4aY7gM3qMCElcJQ8n8JdX4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0 h1:+Ng2ULVvLHnJ/ZFEq4KdcDd/cfjrrjjNSXNzxg0Y4U4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0/go.mod h1:ErX4dUh2UM+CFYiXZRTcMpEcN8b/1gxEuv3nODoYtCA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
-golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 h1:Mx+4dIFzqraBXUugkia1OOvlD6LemFo1ALMHjrXDOhY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.47.0/go.mod h1:/jNxtkgq5yWUGYkaZGqo27cfGZ1c5Nen03aYrrKpVRU=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 h1:kr88TuHDroi+UVf+0hZnirlk8o8T+4MrK6mr60WkH/I=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
+golang.org/x/net v0.52.0 h1:He/TN1l0e4mmR3QqHMT2Xab3Aj3L9qjbhRm78/6jrW0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.52.0/go.mod h1:R1MAz7uMZxVMualyPXb+VaqGSa3LIaUqk0eEt3w36Sw=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 h1:e0PTpb7pjO8GAtTs2dQ6jYa5BWYlMuX047Dco/pItO4=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0/go.mod h1:9xrNwdLfx4jkKbNva9FpL6vEN7evnE43NNNJQ2LF3+0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 h1:aC8ghyu4JhP8VojJ2lEHBnochRno1sgL6nEi9WGFGMM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.31.0/go.mod h1:tKRAlv61yKIjGGHX/4tP1LTbc13YSec1pxVEWXzfoeM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 h1:omrd2nAlyT5ESRdCLYdm3+fMfNFE/+Rf4bDIQImRJeo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
+golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 h1:JOVx6vVDFokkpaq1AEptVzLTpDe9KGpj5tR4/X+ybL8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.35.0/go.mod h1:khi/HExzZJ2pGnjenulevKNX1W67CUy0AsXcNubPGCA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
diff --git a/infra/sidecar.Dockerfile b/infra/sidecar.Dockerfile
index e46f6e6..8f3e0d5 100644
--- a/infra/sidecar.Dockerfile
+++ b/infra/sidecar.Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ----- Builder image
-ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.24.0
+ARG GOLANG_VERSION=1.26.1
 FROM golang:${GOLANG_VERSION}-bookworm AS builder
 
 ARG FIPS_MODE
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ RUN export GITHUB_SHA="${COMMIT_SHA}" && bash -c '\
   fi'
 
 # ----- Runner image
-FROM debian:bookworm-20250203-slim AS runner
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runner
 
-ARG YQ_VERSION=v4.44.6
+ARG YQ_VERSION=v4.52.4
 
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
   apt-get update && \