diff --git a/pkg/containerd/Dockerfile b/pkg/containerd/Dockerfile
index fd48e684..4ecdf5f8 100644
--- a/pkg/containerd/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/containerd/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ARG PKG_REPO="https://github.com/containerd/containerd.git"
 ARG PKG_REF="main"
 
 ARG GO_IMAGE="golang"
-ARG GO_VERSION="1.26.2"
+ARG GO_VERSION="1.25.9"
 ARG GO_IMAGE_VARIANT="bookworm"
 
 # stage used as named context that mounts hack/scripts