FORM 11-K (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December31, 2025 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from ________________ Commission File Number: 1-4018 A: Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: DOVER CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN B: Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: DOVER CORPORATION3005 Highland ParkwayDowners Grove, IL 60515(630) 541-1540 Dover Corporation Retirement Savings PlanIndex to Financial Statements Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm1 Financial Statements: Statements of Net Assets Available for BenefitsStatement of Changes in Net Assets Available for BenefitsNotes to Financial Statements Supplemental Schedule: Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) at December 31, 202511 Other schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosureunder the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Plan Administrator, Plan Participants and Benefits Committee of theDover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan Opinion on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December31, 2025 and 2024, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year endedDecember31, 2025, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financialstatements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December31, 2025 and 2024, andthe changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles Basis for OpinionThese financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with U.S. federal securitieslaws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditsto obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to erroror fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidenceregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used Supplemental InformationThe supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December31, 2025 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental informationis presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplementalinformation required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our auditprocedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying /s/Insero & Co. CPAs, LLPInsero & Co. CPAs, LLPCertified Public Accountants We have served as the Plan's auditor since 2019. Rochester, New YorkJune24, 2026 Dover Corporation Retirement Savings PlanStatements of Net Assets Available for Benefits Dover Corporation Retirement Savings PlanNotes to Financial Statements(Amounts in thousands except where otherwise indicated) 1. Description of the Plan The following description of the Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") provides only general plan-relatedinformation. This description reflects the governing terms and conditions which are contained in the written Plan document. General The Plan is a defined contribution plan established to encourage and facilitate retirement savings and investment by eligible employeesof Dover Corporation and its subsidiaries ("Dover"). The Plan is subject to