diff --git a/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.mod b/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.mod
index f9bee4b..dcef5d1 100644
--- a/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.mod
+++ b/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/bufbuild/buf-examples/protovalidate/connect-go/start
 
-go 1.24.0
-
-toolchain go1.24.2
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.9-20250912141014-52f32327d4b0.1
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	connectrpc.com/validate v0.3.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	golang.org/x/net v0.39.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.55.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.sum b/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.sum
index 82f8db4..36bc704 100644
--- a/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.sum
+++ b/protovalidate/connect-go/start/go.sum
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:M2rDM6z3Fhozi9O7NWsxAkg/yqS/lQJ6PmkyIV3YP+o=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b/go.mod h1:3//PLf8L/X+8b4vuAfHzxeRUl04Adcb341+IGKfnqS8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 h1:ZCu7HMWDxpXpaiKdhzIfaltL9Lp31x/3fCP11bc6/fY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.39.0/go.mod h1:X7NRbYVEA+ewNkCNyJ513WmMdQ3BineSwVtN2zD/d+E=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0 h1:P42AVeLghgTYr4+xUnTRKDMqpar+PtX7KWuNQL21L8M=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0/go.mod h1:QK15LZJUUQVJxhz7wXgxSy/CJaTFjd0G+YLonydOVQA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.55.0 h1:bcvxaJn3e1U6InsFWt1JUq1aSjnRxLzT2rtD2KfkDF8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.55.0/go.mod h1:L5U2KuzuOe1lY7Z+aWVIKK6qEeJXnXV9yzGA+WCHJww=
+golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 h1:Cqjiwd9eSg8e0QAkyCaQTNHFIIzWtidPahFWR83rTrc=
+golang.org/x/text v0.37.0/go.mod h1:a5sjxXGs9hsn/AJVwuElvCAo9v8QYLzvavO5z2PiM38=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 h1:oWVWY3NzT7KJppx2UKhKmzPq4SRe0LdCijVRwvGeikY=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822/go.mod h1:h3c4v36UTKzUiuaOKQ6gr3S+0hovBtUrXzTG/i3+XEc=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 h1:fc6jSaCT0vBduLYZHYrBBNY4dsWuvgyff9noRNDdBeE=