diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ff02554c6..29b92d9615 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ ZSTD_COMPRESSION_LEVEL ?= 18
 CI_RELEASE_TAG := $(shell git log --oneline --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2 -- 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | sed -r "/^release\(.*\)/ s/^release\((.*)\):.*$$/\\1/; t; Q")
 
 ARTIFACTS := _out
-TOOLS ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/tools:v1.9.0
+TOOLS ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/tools:v1.10.0-alpha.0
 
 DEBUG_TOOLS_SOURCE := scratch
 
 PKGS_PREFIX ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs
-PKGS ?= v1.9.0
+PKGS ?= v1.10.0-alpha.0-3-g71003a3
 EXTRAS ?= v1.9.0
 
 KRES_IMAGE ?= ghcr.io/siderolabs/kres:latest
diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index e4c24705f8..ae019f55da 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ preface = """
 * runc: 1.2.1
 * CoreDNS: 1.12.0
 
-Talos is built with Go 1.23.3.
+Talos is built with Go 1.23.4.
 """
 
     [notes.cgroupsv1]
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index 8b43867201..69c4dc8901 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ const (
 	DBusClientSocketLabel = "system_u:object_r:dbus_client_socket_t:s0"
 
 	// GoVersion is the version of Go compiler this release was built with.
-	GoVersion = "go1.23.3"
+	GoVersion = "go1.23.4"
 
 	// KubernetesTalosAPIServiceName is the name of the Kubernetes service to access Talos API.
 	KubernetesTalosAPIServiceName = "talos"
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
index e2f650c40d..1f85969cd2 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
+++ b/pkg/machinery/gendata/data/pkgs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
+v1.10.0-alpha.0-3-g71003a3
\ No newline at end of file