diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68f14098..2078e952 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bufbuild/protocompile
 
-go 1.26.7
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protodescriptor/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.12-20250109164928-1da0de137947.1
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index afa537c4..a04d931b 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.26.7
+go 1.26.0
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
index 28cfc8ff..ee26c6a8 100644
--- a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
+++ b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bufbuild/protocompile/internal/benchmarks
 
-go 1.26.7
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.14.1