diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index 909480902..9b78d51cc 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2/examples
 
-go 1.25.9
+go 1.25.0
 
 replace github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2 => ../
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c28ff8129..756f79447 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2
 
-go 1.25.9
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/getkin/kin-openapi v0.140.0
diff --git a/internal/test/go.mod b/internal/test/go.mod
index 8d111ae94..cef256132 100644
--- a/internal/test/go.mod
+++ b/internal/test/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2/internal/test
 
-go 1.25.9
+go 1.25.0
 
 replace github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2 => ../../