diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index cf216bbec..64efd8808 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-aws/hack/tools
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	gotest.tools/gotestsum v1.12.0
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/bitfield/gotestdox v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/dnephin/pflag v1.0.7 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.34.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.29.0 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 5941db892..fd9ad8831 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ github.com/dnephin/pflag v1.0.7 h1:oxONGlWxhmUct0YzKTgrpQv9AUA1wtPBn7zuSjJqptk=
 github.com/dnephin/pflag v1.0.7/go.mod h1:uxE91IoWURlOiTUIA8Mq5ZZkAv3dPUfZNaT80Zm7OQE=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0/go.mod h1:4FelSpRwEGDpQ12mAdzqdOukCy4u8WUtOY6lkT/6HfU=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0 h1:Zp3PiM21/9Ld6FzSKyL5c/BULoe/ONr9KlbYVOfG8+w=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0/go.mod h1:zNk67I0ZUT1bEGsSGyCZYZNrHuTkJJB+r6Q9VuMi0LE=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 h1:dAwr6QBTBZIkG8roQaJjGof0pp0EeF+tNV7YBP3F/8M=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 h1:TPYlXGxvx1MGTn2GiZDhnjPA9wZzZeGKHHmKhHYvgaU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 h1:omrd2nAlyT5ESRdCLYdm3+fMfNFE/+Rf4bDIQImRJeo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240228155512-f48c80bd79b2/go.mod h1:TeRTkGYfJXctD9OcfyVLyj2J3IxLnKwHJR8f4D8a3YE=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=