diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 05bff6cba..20f5114db 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.12.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.58.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.42.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.3
 )
 
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.5 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5701489ea..7011ab53e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.58.0 h1:ynWG7rqYi4ccpTEuPZ2QGWHktVEM9DMCj9yzDE0Q7To=
 golang.org/x/net v0.58.0/go.mod h1:YwCddHnFlT7eLQqVprV19OnhLGtc5xOKgE0RyqgfWAU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0 h1:peZ/1z27fi9hUOFCAZaHyrpWG5lwe0RJEEEeH0ThlIs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0/go.mod h1:YDBUJMTkDnJS+A4BP4eZBjCqtokkg1hODuPjwiGPO7Q=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 h1:vz/seA0lnX87Othu2f/0L24RcgrXD9/YFTSuGjj3rH8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0/go.mod h1:jvf1O8ajNzZqhSrQBPbutR/EB83Cc0CFrezNQIwbb5M=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 h1:JbOZXgfeCPU9gacVtYliJqOhD+zhrEqK4LfdpmlUZqI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0/go.mod h1:ojzP1Z+2QtioaF8DTtO8K5q7JWVVYwZKenzujK0Zd0E=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.3 h1:iM9Lhz5MRSGhHVGGwCuzG9KO8PoirCXj/m/qTmOJJQw=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.3/go.mod h1:x/cyOwCgZqOkJoDIJ3c1KNHMo10+nLGAhh+kn3Zizss=
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index c52cd54b3..4166f8ae6 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
-toolchain go1.25.1
+toolchain go1.26.0
 
 use (
 	.
diff --git a/k8s/go.mod b/k8s/go.mod
index bcfb6310f..7e5d755ae 100644
--- a/k8s/go.mod
+++ b/k8s/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ require (
 
 replace github.com/linode/linodego/v2 => ../
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
diff --git a/k8s/go.sum b/k8s/go.sum
index fc0a180b3..53fd2c123 100644
--- a/k8s/go.sum
+++ b/k8s/go.sum
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 h1:o7XGOvZQCADBQQ4Y7VNq2dRWQR7JmOUW8Kxx4ZsNgWs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 h1:NwWyBmoJCbfTHpxrWoZ9C6/VxOf7ic219I8xZZFdrf0=
 golang.org/x/term v0.45.0/go.mod h1:9aqxs0blBcrm/n0L9QW0aRVD+ktan8ssZromtqJC43w=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 h1:vz/seA0lnX87Othu2f/0L24RcgrXD9/YFTSuGjj3rH8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0/go.mod h1:jvf1O8ajNzZqhSrQBPbutR/EB83Cc0CFrezNQIwbb5M=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 h1:JbOZXgfeCPU9gacVtYliJqOhD+zhrEqK4LfdpmlUZqI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0/go.mod h1:ojzP1Z+2QtioaF8DTtO8K5q7JWVVYwZKenzujK0Zd0E=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 h1:MRx4UaLrDotUKUdCIqzPC48t1Y9hANFKIRpNx+Te8PI=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0/go.mod h1:eL/Oa2bBBK0TkX57Fyni+NgnyQQN4LitPmob2Hjnqw4=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=
diff --git a/lke_node_pools.go b/lke_node_pools.go
index 85e6af2c7..335863b67 100644
--- a/lke_node_pools.go
+++ b/lke_node_pools.go
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ func (l LKENodePool) GetCreateOptions() (o LKENodePoolCreateOptions) {
 
 	if l.Isolation != nil {
 		o.Isolation = &LKENodePoolIsolationCreateOptions{
-			PublicIPv4: Pointer(l.Isolation.PublicIPv4),
-			PublicIPv6: Pointer(l.Isolation.PublicIPv6),
+			PublicIPv4: new(l.Isolation.PublicIPv4),
+			PublicIPv6: new(l.Isolation.PublicIPv6),
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pagination.go b/pagination.go
index 80044ea3a..16d86a53f 100644
--- a/pagination.go
+++ b/pagination.go
@@ -128,9 +128,7 @@ func flattenQueryStruct(val any) (map[string]string, error) {
 
 	valType := reflectVal.Type()
 
-	for i := range valType.NumField() {
-		currentField := valType.Field(i)
-
+	for currentField := range valType.Fields() {
 		queryTag, ok := currentField.Tag.Lookup("query")
 		// Skip untagged fields
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/pointer_helpers.go b/pointer_helpers.go
index d151317a1..31322f7dd 100644
--- a/pointer_helpers.go
+++ b/pointer_helpers.go
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
 package linodego
 
-/*
-Pointer takes a value of any type T and returns a pointer to that value.
-Go does not allow directly creating pointers to literals, so Pointer enables
-abstraction away the pointer logic.
-
-Example:
-
-		booted := true
-
-		createOpts := linodego.InstanceCreateOptions{
-			Booted: &booted,
-		}
-
-		can be replaced with
-
-		createOpts := linodego.InstanceCreateOptions{
-			Booted: linodego.Pointer(true),
-		}
-*/
-
+// Pointer takes a value of any type T and returns a pointer to that value.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//	booted := true
+//
+//	createOpts := linodego.InstanceCreateOptions{
+//		Booted: &booted,
+//	}
+//
+// can be replaced with
+//
+//	createOpts := linodego.InstanceCreateOptions{
+//		Booted: new(true),
+//	}
+//
+// Deprecated: As of Go 1.26, use the built-in new(value) instead.
 func Pointer[T any](value T) *T {
-	return &value
+	return new(value)
 }
 
 // DoublePointer creates a double pointer to a value of type T.
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index f7e56d2b3..dc3925a0c 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 replace github.com/linode/linodego/v2 => ../
 
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 4c935c6f2..f1f98cb66 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 h1:o7XGOvZQCADBQQ4Y7VNq2dRWQR7JmOUW8Kxx4ZsNgWs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 h1:NwWyBmoJCbfTHpxrWoZ9C6/VxOf7ic219I8xZZFdrf0=
 golang.org/x/term v0.45.0/go.mod h1:9aqxs0blBcrm/n0L9QW0aRVD+ktan8ssZromtqJC43w=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 h1:vz/seA0lnX87Othu2f/0L24RcgrXD9/YFTSuGjj3rH8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.41.0/go.mod h1:jvf1O8ajNzZqhSrQBPbutR/EB83Cc0CFrezNQIwbb5M=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0 h1:JbOZXgfeCPU9gacVtYliJqOhD+zhrEqK4LfdpmlUZqI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.42.0/go.mod h1:ojzP1Z+2QtioaF8DTtO8K5q7JWVVYwZKenzujK0Zd0E=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 h1:MRx4UaLrDotUKUdCIqzPC48t1Y9hANFKIRpNx+Te8PI=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0/go.mod h1:eL/Oa2bBBK0TkX57Fyni+NgnyQQN4LitPmob2Hjnqw4=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=