diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6e43d4bd..3537704b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	pkg.package-operator.run/cardboard/modules/kubeclients v0.0.4 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd721d88..4c0ee924 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ 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/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1 h1:JrhdFMqOd/+3ByqlP2I45kTOZmTRLBUm5pvRjeheg7E=