diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 4a8028a68..3886c46f0 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ kubectl     prefix:1.30
 flux2       2.4.0
 stern       1.26.0
 kubie       0.23.0
-kind        0.25.0
+kind        0.26.0
 kustomize   5.5.0
 yq          4.44.6
 kubeconform 0.6.4
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e969bf99..7cabe59ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-KubeVersion = 1.27
-NextKubeVersion = 1.28
+KubeVersion = 1.30
+NextKubeVersion = 1.31
 RenderChart = echo "> Rendering $(1)..." && yq '.spec.values' $(1) | helm template --kube-version=$(KubeVersion)  -f - $(shell yq '.metadata.name' $(1)) --repo $(shell yq '.spec.chart.repository' $(1)) $(shell yq '.spec.chart.name' $(1)) > /dev/null && echo ">> OK"
 DryRunApply = echo "> Dry-run applying $(1)..." && kubectl apply -f $(1) --validate=true --dry-run=client > /dev/null && echo ">> OK"
 DryRunApplyChart = echo "> Dry-run applying $(1)..." && yq '.spec.values' $(1) | helm template --kube-version=$(KubeVersion)  -f - $(shell yq '.metadata.name' $(1)) --repo $(shell yq '.spec.chart.repository' $(1)) $(shell yq '.spec.chart.name' $(1)) | kubectl apply -f - --validate=true --dry-run=client  > /dev/null && echo ">> OK"
diff --git a/tests/run_cluster_in_kind.sh b/tests/run_cluster_in_kind.sh
index 15e67e115..a7e41f1c5 100755
--- a/tests/run_cluster_in_kind.sh
+++ b/tests/run_cluster_in_kind.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ branch=${1:-master}
 echo "Building KinD cluster using '$branch' branch"
 
 kind delete cluster --name "$name"
-kind create cluster --name "$name" --image=kindest/node:v1.28.9
+kind create cluster --name "$name" --image=kindest/node:v1.30.8
 
 # Install Flux with toleration to run controllers on the real node
 kubectl create ns flux