diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index aef5898e..877d30d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         bazel-version:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/bazel"
           curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/buildifier" "https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/releases/download/0.29.0/buildifier"
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/buildifier"
-          curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind" "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.11.1/kind-linux-amd64"
+          curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind" "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.29.0/kind-linux-amd64"
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind"
           echo "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Setup kind cluster
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 026626f4..4a632e12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       USE_BAZEL_VERSION: 6.5.0
     steps:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/bazel"
           curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/buildifier" "https://github.com/bazelbuild/buildtools/releases/download/0.29.0/buildifier"
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/buildifier"
-          curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind" "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.11.1/kind-linux-amd64"
+          curl -Ls -o "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind" "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/v0.29.0/kind-linux-amd64"
           chmod +x "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin/kind"
           echo "${TOOLS_DIR}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Setup kind cluster
diff --git a/create_kind_cluster.sh b/create_kind_cluster.sh
index 60abba33..3ec944fa 100755
--- a/create_kind_cluster.sh
+++ b/create_kind_cluster.sh
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ reg_name='kind-registry'
 reg_port='5000'
 running="$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "${reg_name}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
 if [ "${running}" != 'true' ]; then
+  docker container rm "${reg_name}" 2>/dev/null || true
   docker run \
     -d --restart=always -p "${reg_port}:5000" --name "${reg_name}" \
     registry:2
 fi
 
 # create a cluster with the local registry enabled in containerd
-cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --name "${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --image "kindest/node:v1.18.15" --config=-
+cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --name "${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}" --image "kindest/node:v1.30.13" --config=-
 kind: Cluster
 apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 containerdConfigPatches:
diff --git a/e2e_test.sh b/e2e_test.sh
index 434bb22f..ef10386f 100755
--- a/e2e_test.sh
+++ b/e2e_test.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ docker version
 which kubectl
 go version
 
-go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.11.1
+go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.29.0
 
 cluster_running="$(docker inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' kind-control-plane 2>/dev/null || true)"
 if [ "${cluster_running}" != 'true' ]; then