update to go 1.26 with some changes

Author: jfallis

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.26'
           cache: false
 
       - name: golangci-lint

.github/workflows/makefile.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '1.22'
+          go-version: '1.26'
 
       - name: Test
         run: make test