diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 57c31b43..02ab5cf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
             1.25.3,
             1.25.4,
             1.25.5,
+            1.26.0
           ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1b9be954..f2199eb5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 ARG BUILD_OS=debian
-ARG BUILD_NGINX_VERSION=1.25.5
+ARG BUILD_NGINX_VERSION=1.26.0
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM tonistiigi/xx:1.4.0 AS xx
 
 ### Build base image for debian
diff --git a/Dockerfile-test b/Dockerfile-test
index 63d472e5..308e2d09 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-test
+++ b/Dockerfile-test
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:24.04
 
 ARG OPENTRACING_CPP_VERSION=v1.6.0
-ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.25.3
+ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.26.0
 
 RUN set -x \
   && apt-get update \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eca27f2d..de55aa13 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ docker-image-alpine:
 	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f Dockerfile -t opentracing-contrib/nginx-opentracing --target final --build-arg BUILD_OS=alpine .
 
 docker-build-binaries:
-	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build --build-arg NGINX_VERSION=1.25.4 --platform linux/amd64 -f build/Dockerfile -t nginx-opentracing-binaries --target=export --output "type=local,dest=out" --progress=plain --no-cache --pull .
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker buildx build --build-arg NGINX_VERSION=1.26.0 --platform linux/amd64 -f build/Dockerfile -t nginx-opentracing-binaries --target=export --output "type=local,dest=out" --progress=plain --no-cache --pull .
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: