diff --git a/.go-version b/.go-version
index d7fe37525..d7b1d35c1 100644
--- a/.go-version
+++ b/.go-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.25.13
+1.25.14
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5a6703a0..90f07dc6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fmt:
 	@!(gofmt -l -s -d ${GOFILES} | grep '[a-z]')
 
 	@echo "Verifying goimports, failures can be fixed with ./scripts/fix.sh"
-	@!(go run golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest -l -d ${GOFILES} | grep '[a-z]')
+	@!(go tool golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports -l -d ${GOFILES} | grep '[a-z]')
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ test-robustness: gofail-enable build
 .PHONY: test-benchmark-compare
 # Runs benchmark tests on the current git ref and the given REF, and compares
 # the two.
-test-benchmark-compare: install-benchstat
+test-benchmark-compare:
 	@git fetch
 	./scripts/compare_benchmarks.sh $(REF)
-
-.PHONY: install-benchstat
-install-benchstat:
-	go install golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat@latest
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7e8146b4..704d7f880 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module go.etcd.io/bbolt
 
 go 1.25
 
-toolchain go1.25.13
+toolchain go1.25.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.etcd.io/gofail v0.2.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/aclements/go-moremath v0.0.0-20210112150236-f10218a38794 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20250813145418-2f7363a06fe1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
+
+tool golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5180c5558..f3f6f0df5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/aclements/go-moremath v0.0.0-20210112150236-f10218a38794 h1:xlwdaKcTNVW4PtpQb8aKA4Pjy0CdJHEqvFbAnvR5m2g=
+github.com/aclements/go-moremath v0.0.0-20210112150236-f10218a38794/go.mod h1:7e+I0LQFUI9AXWxOfsQROs9xPhoJtbsyWcjJqDd4KPY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -15,10 +17,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 go.etcd.io/gofail v0.2.0 h1:p19drv16FKK345a09a1iubchlw/vmRuksmRzgBIGjcA=
 go.etcd.io/gofail v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nL3ILMGfkXTekKI3clMBNazKnjUZjYLKmBHzsVAnC1o=
+golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20250813145418-2f7363a06fe1 h1:stGRioFgvBd3x8HoGVg9bb41lLTWLjBMFT/dMB7f4mQ=
+golang.org/x/perf v0.0.0-20250813145418-2f7363a06fe1/go.mod h1:rjfRjhHXb3XNVh/9i5Jr2tXoTd0vOlZN5rzsM8cQE6k=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0 h1:3NQrjDixjgGwUOCaF8w2+VYHv0Ve/vGYSbdkTa98gmQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
-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 v0.35.0 h1:vz1N37gP5bs89s7He8XuIYXpyY0+QlsKmzipCbUtyxI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/scripts/compare_benchmarks.sh b/scripts/compare_benchmarks.sh
index 2b7766940..ee0221ebf 100755
--- a/scripts/compare_benchmarks.sh
+++ b/scripts/compare_benchmarks.sh
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ function main() {
   echo "BASE=${BASE_TO_COMPARE} HEAD=${REF_CURRENT}"
 
   if [[ "${BENCHSTAT_FORMAT}" == "csv" ]]; then
-    benchstat -format=csv -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}" 2>/dev/null 1>"${BENCHSTAT_OUTPUT_FILE}"
+    go tool golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat -format=csv -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}" 2>/dev/null 1>"${BENCHSTAT_OUTPUT_FILE}"
   else
     if [[ -z "${BENCHSTAT_OUTPUT_FILE}" ]]; then
-      benchstat -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}"
+      go tool golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}"
     else
-      benchstat -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}" 1>"${BENCHSTAT_OUTPUT_FILE}"
+      go tool golang.org/x/perf/cmd/benchstat -confidence="${BENCHSTAT_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL}" BASE="${RESULT_TO_COMPARE}" HEAD="${RESULT_CURRENT}" 1>"${BENCHSTAT_OUTPUT_FILE}"
     fi
   fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/fix.sh b/scripts/fix.sh
index 6b933c988..13309dbaf 100755
--- a/scripts/fix.sh
+++ b/scripts/fix.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TESTGOFILES=$(${GO_CMD} list  --f "{{with \$d:=.}}{{range .TestGoFiles}}{{\$d.Di
 XTESTGOFILES=$(${GO_CMD} list  --f "{{with \$d:=.}}{{range .XTestGoFiles}}{{\$d.Dir}}/{{.}}{{\"\n\"}}{{end}}{{end}}" ./...)
 
 
-echo "${GOFILES}" "${TESTGOFILES}" "${XTESTGOFILES}"| xargs -n 100 go run golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest -w -local go.etcd.io
+echo "${GOFILES}" "${TESTGOFILES}" "${XTESTGOFILES}"| xargs -n 100 go tool golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports -w -local go.etcd.io
 
 go fmt ./...
 go mod tidy