diff --git a/.tools/go.mod b/.tools/go.mod
index 3a473300..2cff449f 100644
--- a/.tools/go.mod
+++ b/.tools/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.19.4
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/.tools/go.sum b/.tools/go.sum
index 0413dc40..4738ca7b 100644
--- a/.tools/go.sum
+++ b/.tools/go.sum
@@ -570,8 +570,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327U
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/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 v0.20.1 h1:iWP1Ydh3/lmldBnH/S5RXgT98vWYMaTUL1ADcr+Sv7I=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.20.1/go.mod h1:t6hUFxO+Ph0VxIk1sKp1WS0dOjbPCtLJ4p8aADLwqjM=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.20.1 h1:PCMnA2mrVbRP3NIB6v9kYCAc38uvFLVs8j/CD567A78=