diff --git a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
index 0713fb66857e9..1086752945cc3 100644
--- a/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
+++ b/.github/release-workflows.jsonnet
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ local weeklyImageJobs = {
       versioningStrategy='always-bump-patch',
     ) + {
       name: 'Prepare Patch Release PR',
+      env+: {
+        GO_VERSION: goVersion,
+      },
     }, false, false
   ),
   'minor-release-pr.yml': std.manifestYamlDoc(
@@ -79,6 +82,9 @@ local weeklyImageJobs = {
       versioningStrategy='always-bump-minor',
     ) + {
       name: 'Prepare Minor Release PR from Weekly',
+      env+: {
+        GO_VERSION: goVersion,
+      },
     }, false, false
   ),
   'release.yml': std.manifestYamlDoc(
@@ -91,7 +97,11 @@ local weeklyImageJobs = {
       releaseBranchTemplate='release-\\${major}.\\${minor}.x',
       releaseRepo='grafana/loki',
       useGitHubAppToken=true,
-    ), false, false
+    ) + {
+      env+: {
+        GO_VERSION: goVersion,
+      },
+    }, false, false
   ),
   'check.yml': std.manifestYamlDoc({
     name: 'check',
diff --git a/.github/workflows/minor-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/minor-release-pr.yml
index 4a2dc94c3a1c5..6e701f2325ea2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/minor-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/minor-release-pr.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ env:
   DOCKER_USERNAME: "grafana"
   DRY_RUN: false
   GITHUB_APP: "loki-gh-app"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25.4"
   IMAGE_PREFIX: "grafana"
   RELEASE_LIB_REF: "dfe753760ce6ec2f4549fc11d2df24a2aa584e3f"
   RELEASE_REPO: "grafana/loki"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/patch-release-pr.yml
index c30f3f472cda4..c826f0806e720 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch-release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch-release-pr.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ env:
   DOCKER_USERNAME: "grafana"
   DRY_RUN: false
   GITHUB_APP: "loki-gh-app"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25.4"
   IMAGE_PREFIX: "grafana"
   RELEASE_LIB_REF: "dfe753760ce6ec2f4549fc11d2df24a2aa584e3f"
   RELEASE_REPO: "grafana/loki"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f1b97464facf6..de93e330cf46b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   BUILD_ARTIFACTS_BUCKET: "loki-build-artifacts"
   GITHUB_APP: "loki-gh-app"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.25.4"
   IMAGE_PREFIX: "grafana"
   PUBLISH_TO_GCS: false
   RELEASE_LIB_REF: "dfe753760ce6ec2f4549fc11d2df24a2aa584e3f"
diff --git a/loki-build-image/Dockerfile b/loki-build-image/Dockerfile
index a6f36a23b912f..bc470602dd3f2 100644
--- a/loki-build-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/loki-build-image/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # tag of the Docker image in `../.drone/drone.jsonnet` and run `make drone`.
 # See ../docs/sources/community/maintaining/release-loki-build-image.md for instructions
 # on how to publish a new build image.
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.25
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.25.4
 ARG GOLANG_BASE_IMAGE=golang:${GO_VERSION}-trixie
 
 # Install helm (https://helm.sh/) and helm-docs (https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs) for generating Helm Chart reference.