diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ecd98713..6c2f7a8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20230307042619-c304e7ec2ee7
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.8.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f4db287..d88e5d56 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1617,8 +1617,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0 h1:OU7jrPPiZusryu6YK0jYSjPqg8Vhf8cAzluP9XGI
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.19.0/go.mod h1:y5HY/iNDFkmFla2CfQoVb2AQXMsBk4ad84iR1PLANB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0 h1:2Xi1KFEfSMm0XDcvKnUt15ZfgRPCT0OnCBbpgh8DztY=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0 h1:UcT4nzm+YM7YEbqiAKECk+b6dsvc/HRZZu9U0FolL1g=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.0 h1:I7nry5p8iDJbuRdYS7ez8MUvw7XVNPcIP5GkzzuXIIQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XGVQuR5n2pXKWbzXHweZU683pALGw/AMVO4zU4iS8SE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.21.0 h1:ikLtzcNK9isBqSaXXhAg7LRCTNKdp70z5v/c4Y55DOw=