diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index dd43a143f0217..c7c3f3333e15d 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.26.1
+1.26.2
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8caf595e8525..69751d968e0d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module k8s.io/kubernetes
 
-go 1.26.1
+go 1.26.2
 
 godebug default=go1.26
 
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 531ce61d89234..1285029279c3d 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // This is a generated file. Do not edit directly.
 
-go 1.26.1
+go 1.26.2
 
 godebug default=go1.26
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
index df2f6f22dc15a..50617ff6201a0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 module k8s.io/kubectl
 
-go 1.25.7
+go 1.26.2
 
-godebug default=go1.25
+godebug default=go1.26
 
 require (
 	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
index 8003354f52cf4..0b5561062501f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/describe/describe_test.go
@@ -1228,10 +1228,10 @@ func TestDescribeResources(t *testing.T) {
 			describeResources(testCase.resources, writer, LEVEL_1)
 			output := out.String()
 			gotElements := make(map[string]int)
-			for key, val := range testCase.expectedElements {
+			for key := range testCase.expectedElements {
 				count := strings.Count(output, key)
 				if count == 0 {
-					t.Errorf("expected to find %q in output: %q", val, output)
+					t.Errorf("expected to find %q in output: %q", key, output)
 					continue
 				}
 				gotElements[key] = count