diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
index 98d7c0f7a..5331d74c9 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/capabilities.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ catalogers:
             type: BinaryPkg
       - method: glob
         criteria:
-          - '**/go'
+          - '**/{go,go.exe}'
         packages:
           - class: go-binary
             name: go
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 7eb28706a..587eb3efc 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -736,6 +736,26 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("go-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "go-version-hint/1.15w/any",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "go",
+				Version:   "1.15",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/go@1.15",
+				Locations: locations("bin/go.exe", "VERSION"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("go-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "go-version-hint/1.21/any",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "go",
+				Version:   "1.21",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/go@1.21",
+				Locations: locations("go", "VERSION"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("go-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			// note: this is for compatability with dev version of golang tip image, which resolves the issue #3681
 			logicalFixture: "go-version-hint/1.25/any",
@@ -747,6 +767,16 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("go-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "go-version-hint/1.25w/any",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "go",
+				Version:   "1.25-d524e1e",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/go@1.25-d524e1e",
+				Locations: locations("go.exe", "VERSION"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("go-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			// note: this is testing BUSYBOX which is typically through a link to "[" (in this case a symlink but in
 			// practice this is often a hard link).
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 28e519026..2a0982d96 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 		},
 		{
 			Class:    "go-binary",
-			FileGlob: "**/go",
+			FileGlob: "**/{go,go.exe}",
 			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
 				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
 					`(?m)go(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+|beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|rc[0-9]+)?)\x00`),
+				binutils.SupportingEvidenceMatcher("VERSION*",
+					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+						`(?m)go(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+|beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|rc[0-9]+|-[_0-9a-z]+)?)\s`)),
 				binutils.SupportingEvidenceMatcher("../VERSION*",
 					m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
-						`(?m)go(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+|beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|rc[0-9]+|-[_0-9a-z]+)?)\s`),
-				),
+						`(?m)go(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+|beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|rc[0-9]+|-[_0-9a-z]+)?)\s`)),
 			),
 			Package: "go",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/go@version"),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/VERSION b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c595336d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.15 Fri 2003
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/bin/go.exe b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/bin/go.exe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae382e1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.15w/any/bin/go.exe
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no version in this binary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/VERSION b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32894c1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go1.21 Fri 2003
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae382e1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.21/any/go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no version in this binary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/VERSION b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ac1e7aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+devel go1.25-d524e1e Sun Feb 16 07:23:13 2025 -0800
+3devel go1.25-d524e1e Sun Feb 16 07:23:13 2025 -0800
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/go.exe b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/go.exe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae382e1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/go-version-hint/1.25w/any/go.exe
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no version in this binary
\ No newline at end of file