[VOL-5491] upgrade go to 1.25.3 and golangci-lint version to 2.5.0

Signed-off-by: mgouda <madhumati.gouda@radisys.com>
Change-Id: Ib9da07d7a96b640d375c3c0182776bf7ac87e0d6
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 395f634..677b681 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.6.24
+3.6.25
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.rw_core b/docker/Dockerfile.rw_core
index 32ea2b3..c3be603 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.rw_core
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.rw_core
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # -------------
 # Build stage
 
-FROM golang:1.24.5-alpine3.22 AS dev
+FROM golang:1.25.3-alpine3.22 AS dev
 
 # Install required packages
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1792181..bdc48dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/opencord/voltha-go
 
-go 1.24.5
+go 1.25.3
 
 replace (
 	github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.4 => go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.4
diff --git a/makefiles/docker/include.mk b/makefiles/docker/include.mk
index 78b9b33..7cc2cb4 100644
--- a/makefiles/docker/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/docker/include.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
-VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 3.1.3
+VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 3.1.4
 
 # ---------------------------
 # Macros: command refactoring