diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f439c0be9aab0f3e485e640ec13df420a0060ca2..403b8fe6d2d5b35a6e389275a0c84a6bce7dabf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       macos_notary_issuer_id: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_ISSUER_ID }}
       macos_notary_key_id: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY_ID }}
       macos_notary_key: ${{ secrets.MACOS_NOTARY_KEY }}
+      go_version: "1.25"
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 734ee98cddd2bd3fa296bb6f3434f4a17d055f9c..623aa6f6944db36f2deb5a7a6899249596e55211 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ before:
 builds:
   - env:
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      - GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc
     goos:
       - linux
       - darwin
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index be2da27fe53087cef2723766821ce90c910c7490..b50a15e8523970eed50f0414c6b76bb5cf3048d4 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 version: "3"
 
+env:
+  GOEXPERIMENT: greenteagc
+
 tasks:
   lint:
     desc: Run base linters
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - go run .
 
+  install:
+    desc: Install the application
+    cmds:
+      - go install -v .
+
   profile:cpu:
     desc: 10s CPU profile
     cmds:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0f11729773610f36a720316f9fc87818503a49ed..f8969ec6cd959ef186536992fbb4d08940c52030 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/charmbracelet/crush
 
-go 1.24.3
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown v1.6.0