diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index bf3d17278d7..53daaddfa02 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ builds:
     env:
       # This is the toolchain version we use for releases. To override, set the env var, e.g.:
       # GORELEASER_TOOLCHAIN="go1.22.8" TARGET='linux_amd64' goreleaser build --snapshot --clean --single-target
-      - GOTOOLCHAIN={{ envOrDefault "GORELEASER_TOOLCHAIN" "go1.24.5" }}
+      - GOTOOLCHAIN={{ envOrDefault "GORELEASER_TOOLCHAIN" "go1.24.6" }}
       - GO111MODULE=on
       - CGO_ENABLED=0
     goos:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 53b5c6a4cf4..8eb271fec69 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
 
 go 1.23.0
 
-toolchain go1.23.11
+toolchain go1.23.12
 
 require (
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.4.3-default-no-op
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0
 	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.3
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.7.4
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.43.0
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.44.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.11
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d4caee25f0a..44c158ee7c7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.3 h1:kbnuUMoHYyVl7szWjSxJnxw11k2U709jqFPPmIUyD
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.3/go.mod h1:GGYsuwP/fPD6Y9hMiXuapVvlIUEhFhMTh0rxU3ik1LQ=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.7.4 h1:jXFuDDxs/GQjGDZGhNgH4tXzSUK6WQi2rsj4xmsNOtI=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.7.4/go.mod h1:me11pOkwObtcBNR8AiMrUbtVOUGkqYjMQZ6jnSdVUIA=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.43.0 h1:uRFZ2FEoRvP64+UUhaTokyS18XBCR/xM2vQZKO4i8ug=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.43.0/go.mod h1:iRWIPokVIFbVijxuMQq4y9ttaBTMe0SFdlZfMDd+33g=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.44.0 h1:ECKVrDLdh/kDPV1g0gAQ+2+m2KprqZK5O/eJAyAnH2M=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.44.0/go.mod h1:iRWIPokVIFbVijxuMQq4y9ttaBTMe0SFdlZfMDd+33g=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.11 h1:q44qGV008kYd9W1b1nEBkNzvnWxtRSQ7A8BoqRrcfa0=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.11/go.mod h1:szDimtgmfOi9n25JpfIdGw12tZFYXqhGxjhVxsatHVE=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=