diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5513905c7d..5a2b91c601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Lint
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.25.10, 1.26.x]
+        go-version: [1.26.x]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ceaab866d5..eb4cd19c35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.25.10, 1.26.x]
+        go-version: [1.26.x]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{matrix.platform}}
     steps:
diff --git a/checksum_benchmark_test.go b/checksum_benchmark_test.go
index 7677f7fa32..37c0567216 100644
--- a/checksum_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/checksum_benchmark_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //go:build fsbench
-// +build fsbench
 
 package task_test
 
diff --git a/errors/error_taskfile_decode.go b/errors/error_taskfile_decode.go
index 2781555dd2..b1fc42a64d 100644
--- a/errors/error_taskfile_decode.go
+++ b/errors/error_taskfile_decode.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ type (
 
 func NewTaskfileDecodeError(err error, node *yaml.Node) *TaskfileDecodeError {
 	// If the error is already a DecodeError, return it
-	taskfileInvalidErr := &TaskfileDecodeError{}
-	if errors.As(err, &taskfileInvalidErr) {
+	if taskfileInvalidErr, ok := errors.AsType[*TaskfileDecodeError](err); ok {
 		return taskfileInvalidErr
 	}
 	return &TaskfileDecodeError{
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ func (err *TaskfileDecodeError) Error() string {
 		fmt.Fprintln(buf, color.RedString("err:  %s", err.Message))
 	} else {
 		// Extract the errors from the TypeError
-		te := &yaml.TypeError{}
-		if errors.As(err.Err, &te) {
+		if te, ok := errors.AsType[*yaml.TypeError](err.Err); ok {
 			if len(te.Errors) > 1 {
 				fmt.Fprintln(buf, color.RedString("errs:"))
 				for _, message := range te.Errors {
diff --git a/errors/errors.go b/errors/errors.go
index 1ed50e8741..836a90c226 100644
--- a/errors/errors.go
+++ b/errors/errors.go
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ func As(err error, target any) bool {
 	return errors.As(err, target)
 }
 
+// AsType wraps the standard errors.AsType function so that we don't need to alias
+// that package. It returns the first error in err's tree that matches type T, and
+// whether such an error was found.
+func AsType[T error](err error) (T, bool) {
+	return errors.AsType[T](err)
+}
+
 // Unwrap wraps the standard errors.Unwrap function so that we don't need to alias that package.
 func Unwrap(err error) error {
 	return errors.Unwrap(err)
diff --git a/errors/errors_task.go b/errors/errors_task.go
index 454b3a8fb7..46fe0cb42c 100644
--- a/errors/errors_task.go
+++ b/errors/errors_task.go
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ func (err *TaskRunError) Code() int {
 }
 
 func (err *TaskRunError) TaskExitCode() int {
-	var exit interp.ExitStatus
-	if errors.As(err.Err, &exit) {
+	if exit, ok := errors.AsType[interp.ExitStatus](err.Err); ok {
 		return int(exit)
 	}
 	return err.Code()
diff --git a/experiments/errors.go b/experiments/errors.go
index 68a5f8b872..850220c4f9 100644
--- a/experiments/errors.go
+++ b/experiments/errors.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type InvalidValueError struct {
 
 func (err InvalidValueError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"task: Experiment %q has an invalid value %q (allowed values: %s)",
+		"task: Experiment %q has an invalid value %d (allowed values: %s)",
 		err.Name,
 		err.Value,
 		strings.Join(slicesext.Convert(err.AllowedValues, strconv.Itoa), ", "),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0cf1f5a1ba..ca3ce15dd0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/go-task/task/v3
 
-go 1.25.10
+go 1.26.4
 
 require (
 	charm.land/bubbles/v2 v2.1.0
diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/gitignore.go b/internal/fingerprint/gitignore.go
index 1b89349e91..168358d48e 100644
--- a/internal/fingerprint/gitignore.go
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/gitignore.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package fingerprint
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"cmp"
+	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -95,17 +97,14 @@ func filterGitignored(files map[string]bool, dir string) map[string]bool {
 
 	// Shallow dirs first (lower priority): the matcher scans patterns last to
 	// first, so deeper rules win and can negate shallower ones.
-	dirs := make([]string, 0, len(dirSet))
-	for d := range dirSet {
-		dirs = append(dirs, d)
-	}
-	sort.Slice(dirs, func(i, j int) bool {
-		di := strings.Count(dirs[i], string(filepath.Separator))
-		dj := strings.Count(dirs[j], string(filepath.Separator))
-		if di != dj {
-			return di < dj
-		}
-		return dirs[i] < dirs[j]
+	dirs := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(dirSet))
+	slices.SortFunc(dirs, func(a, b string) int {
+		da := strings.Count(a, string(filepath.Separator))
+		db := strings.Count(b, string(filepath.Separator))
+		if da != db {
+			return cmp.Compare(da, db)
+		}
+		return cmp.Compare(a, b)
 	})
 
 	var patterns []gitignore.Pattern
diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
index 14ac4cf716..b50061f2c3 100644
--- a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package fingerprint
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/execext"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/filepathext"
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ func collectKeys(m map[string]bool) []string {
 			keys = append(keys, filepath.ToSlash(k))
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(keys)
+	slices.Sort(keys)
 	return keys
 }
diff --git a/internal/fsext/glob.go b/internal/fsext/glob.go
index 903bf75973..faf0a2d36e 100644
--- a/internal/fsext/glob.go
+++ b/internal/fsext/glob.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ func FastRecursiveGlob(pattern string) ([]string, bool, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, true, err
 	}
-	sort.Strings(results)
+	slices.Sort(results)
 	return results, true, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/sort/sorter.go b/internal/sort/sorter.go
index 1419597358..0d4c34004e 100644
--- a/internal/sort/sorter.go
+++ b/internal/sort/sorter.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package sort
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ func AlphaNumericWithRootTasksFirst(items []string, namespaces []string) []strin
 	if len(namespaces) > 0 {
 		return AlphaNumeric(items, namespaces)
 	}
-	sort.Slice(items, func(i, j int) bool {
-		iContainsColon := strings.Contains(items[i], ":")
-		jContainsColon := strings.Contains(items[j], ":")
-		if iContainsColon == jContainsColon {
-			return items[i] < items[j]
+	slices.SortFunc(items, func(a, b string) int {
+		aContainsColon := strings.Contains(a, ":")
+		bContainsColon := strings.Contains(b, ":")
+		if aContainsColon == bContainsColon {
+			return cmp.Compare(a, b)
 		}
-		if !iContainsColon && jContainsColon {
-			return true
+		if !aContainsColon && bContainsColon {
+			return -1
 		}
-		return false
+		return 1
 	})
 	return items
 }
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index f24f8b8eb3..ad567ef96e 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ func (e *Executor) getRootNode() (taskfile.Node, error) {
 		taskfile.WithCert(e.Cert),
 		taskfile.WithCertKey(e.CertKey),
 	)
-	var taskNotFoundError errors.TaskfileNotFoundError
-	if errors.As(err, &taskNotFoundError) {
+	if taskNotFoundError, ok := errors.AsType[errors.TaskfileNotFoundError](err); ok {
 		taskNotFoundError.AskInit = true
 		return nil, taskNotFoundError
 	}
diff --git a/signals_test.go b/signals_test.go
index 6faa8aef08..575310fa8f 100644
--- a/signals_test.go
+++ b/signals_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //go:build signals
-// +build signals
 
 // This file contains tests for signal handling on Unix.
 // Based on code from https://github.com/marco-m/timeit
@@ -154,9 +153,8 @@ func TestSignalSentToProcessGroup(t *testing.T) {
 
 			err := sut.Wait()
 
-			var wantErr *exec.ExitError
 			const wantExitStatus = 201
-			if errors.As(err, &wantErr) {
+			if wantErr, ok := errors.AsType[*exec.ExitError](err); ok {
 				if wantErr.ExitCode() != wantExitStatus {
 					t.Errorf(
 						"waiting for child process: got exit status %v; want %d\n"+
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ func TestSignalSentToProcessGroup(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			} else {
 				t.Errorf("waiting for child process: got unexpected error type %v (%T); want (%T)",
-					err, err, wantErr)
+					err, err, (*exec.ExitError)(nil))
 			}
 
 			gotLines := strings.SplitAfter(out.String(), "\n")
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 98d340c976..35e0379fb3 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call *Call) error {
 					e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: error cleaning status on error: %v\n", err2)
 				}
 
-				var exitCode interp.ExitStatus
-				if errors.As(err, &exitCode) {
+				if exitCode, ok := errors.AsType[interp.ExitStatus](err); ok {
 					if t.IgnoreError {
 						e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: task error ignored: %v\n", err)
 						continue
@@ -382,8 +381,7 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *ast.Task, call *Call, i in
 		defer reacquire()
 
 		err := e.RunTask(ctx, &Call{Task: cmd.Task, Vars: cmd.Vars, Silent: cmd.Silent, Indirect: true})
-		var exitCode interp.ExitStatus
-		if errors.As(err, &exitCode) && cmd.IgnoreError {
+		if _, ok := errors.AsType[interp.ExitStatus](err); ok && cmd.IgnoreError {
 			e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: [%s] task error ignored: %v\n", t.Name(), err)
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -426,8 +424,7 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *ast.Task, call *Call, i in
 		if closeErr := closer(err); closeErr != nil {
 			e.Logger.Errf(logger.Red, "task: unable to close writer: %v\n", closeErr)
 		}
-		var exitCode interp.ExitStatus
-		if errors.As(err, &exitCode) && cmd.IgnoreError {
+		if _, ok := errors.AsType[interp.ExitStatus](err); ok && cmd.IgnoreError {
 			e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: [%s] command error ignored: %v\n", t.Name(), err)
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/taskfile/reader.go b/taskfile/reader.go
index 1b8556c1dd..703277470a 100644
--- a/taskfile/reader.go
+++ b/taskfile/reader.go
@@ -413,8 +413,7 @@ func (r *Reader) readNode(ctx context.Context, node Node) (*ast.Taskfile, error)
 	var tf ast.Taskfile
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(b, &tf); err != nil {
 		// Decode the taskfile and add the file info the any errors
-		taskfileDecodeErr := &errors.TaskfileDecodeError{}
-		if errors.As(err, &taskfileDecodeErr) {
+		if taskfileDecodeErr, ok := errors.AsType[*errors.TaskfileDecodeError](err); ok {
 			snippet := NewSnippet(b,
 				WithLine(taskfileDecodeErr.Line),
 				WithColumn(taskfileDecodeErr.Column),
diff --git a/watch_test.go b/watch_test.go
index 8bef86ed49..6d3c89632e 100644
--- a/watch_test.go
+++ b/watch_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //go:build watch
-// +build watch
 
 package task_test