diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index eba72e788c3..93b523a0474 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ dependencies:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/VERSION
 
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/go-runner (go1.24-bookworm)"
-    version: v2.4.0-go1.24rc1-bookworm.0
+    version: v2.4.0-go1.24rc2-bookworm.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
       match: v((([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: "CONFIG: 'go\\d+.\\d+-bullseye'"
 
   - name: "registry.k8s.io/build-image/kube-cross (v1.33-go1.24)"
-    version: v1.33.0-go1.24rc1-bullseye.0
+    version: v1.33.0-go1.24rc2-bullseye.0
     refPaths:
     - path: images/build/cross/variants.yaml
       match: "IMAGE_VERSION: 'v((([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)(?:-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)(?:\\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)'"
diff --git a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
index 7e993737ef9..dbac5b08ff0 100644
--- a/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/cross/variants.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ variants:
   v1.33-go1.24-bullseye:
     CONFIG: 'go1.24-bullseye'
     TYPE: 'default'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.33.0-go1.24rc1-bullseye.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v1.33.0-go1.24rc2-bullseye.0'
     KUBERNETES_VERSION: 'v1.33.0'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc2'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.24'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bullseye'
     REVISION: '0'
diff --git a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
index 90bc12226a8..b98ada87a20 100644
--- a/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/build/go-runner/variants.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 variants:
   go1.24-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.24-bookworm'
-    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.4.0-go1.24rc1-bookworm.0'
+    IMAGE_VERSION: 'v2.4.0-go1.24rc2-bookworm.0'
     GO_MAJOR_VERSION: '1.24'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc2'
     DISTROLESS_IMAGE: 'static-debian12'
   go1.23-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.23-bookworm'
diff --git a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
index cd210c1ea9b..07f9878361f 100644
--- a/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/releng/ci/variants.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variants:
   go1.24-bookworm:
     CONFIG: 'go1.24-bookworm'
-    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc2'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
     REVISION: '0'
   go1.23-bookworm:
diff --git a/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml b/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
index bf9851d89f7..722711db82d 100644
--- a/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
+++ b/images/releng/k8s-ci-builder/variants.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ variants:
     OS_CODENAME: 'bullseye'
   next:
     CONFIG: next
-    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc1'
+    GO_VERSION: '1.24rc2'
     GO_VERSION_TOOLING: '1.23.4'
     OS_CODENAME: 'bookworm'
   '1.33':