diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 7514f68745..47b4379cad 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@
       datasourceTemplate: 'docker',
       versioningTemplate: 'loose'
     },
+    {
+      customType: 'regex',
+      fileMatch: [
+        '^tests\\/utils\\/minio\\/minio\\.go$',
+      ],
+      matchStrings: [
+        'minioImage = "(?<depName>.+?):(?<currentValue>.*?)"\\n',
+        'minioClientImage = "(?<depName>.+?):(?<currentValue>.*?)"\\n',
+      ],
+      datasourceTemplate: 'docker',
+      versioningTemplate: 'regex',
+      extractVersionTemplate: '^RELEASE\\.(?<version>\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}T\\d{2}-\\d{2}-\\d{2})Z$'
+    },
   ],
   packageRules: [
     {
@@ -266,7 +279,8 @@
       separateMajorMinor: false,
       pinDigests: false,
       matchPackageNames: [
-        'vmware-tanzu{/,}**'
+        'vmware-tanzu{/,}**',
+        'minio{/,}**'
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 4485d9a575..b08fc29c6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
 
 jobs:
   # Label the source pull request with 'backport-requested' and all supported releases label, the goal is, by default
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 9619376b2a..9998b84e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 # set up environment variables to be used across all the jobs
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
 
 jobs:
   duplicate_runs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
index 8122dae670..a3630d2c45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 # set up environment variables to be used across all the jobs
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
   KUBEBUILDER_VERSION: "2.3.1"
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/kind versioning=semver
   KIND_VERSION: "v0.29.0"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 5e8d1fd99b..152a175f05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 # set up environment variables to be used across all the jobs
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint versioning=loose
   GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION: "v2.1.6"
   KUBEBUILDER_VERSION: "2.3.1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/refresh-licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/refresh-licenses.yml
index 247fb2c856..08de202dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/refresh-licenses.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/refresh-licenses.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
 
 jobs:
   licenses:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
index 3a7a89087a..f3b7b37f1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=golang-version depName=golang versioning=loose
-  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.x"
+  GOLANG_VERSION: "1.24.4"
   REGISTRY: "ghcr.io"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/tests/utils/minio/minio.go b/tests/utils/minio/minio.go
index 6b1c337d80..3516bd7016 100644
--- a/tests/utils/minio/minio.go
+++ b/tests/utils/minio/minio.go
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	minioImage       = "minio/minio:RELEASE.2025-05-24T17-08-30Z"
-	minioClientImage = "minio/mc:RELEASE.2025-05-21T01-59-54Z"
+	// minioImage is the image used to run a MinIO server
+	minioImage = "minio/minio:RELEASE.2025-04-22T22-12-26Z"
+	// minioClientImage is the image used to run a MinIO client
+	minioClientImage = "minio/mc:RELEASE.2025-04-16T18-13-26Z"
 )
 
 // Env contains all the information related or required by MinIO deployment and