diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/Makefile b/components/notebook-controller/Makefile
index 019d1bd92eb..9d698c4bc67 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/Makefile
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ controller-gen: ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
 KUSTOMIZE = $(shell pwd)/bin/kustomize
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-get-tool,$(KUSTOMIZE),sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/cmd/kustomize@v5.0.2)
+	$(call go-get-tool,$(KUSTOMIZE),sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5@v5.0.2)
 
 ENVTEST = $(shell pwd)/bin/setup-envtest
 ENVTEST_VERSION?=v0.0.0-20240923090159-236e448db12c
diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
index 93a0b9f6344..610189de3f8 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ KF_TAG ?= main-3f931d2
 CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= podman
 
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
-ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.23
+ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.26
 
 # Kubernetes configuration
 K8S_NAMESPACE ?= odh-notebook-controller-system
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ controller-gen: ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
 KUSTOMIZE = $(LOCALBIN)/kustomize
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
-	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/v3/cmd/kustomize@v5.0.2
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5@v5.0.2
 
 ENVTEST = $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 .PHONY: envtest
diff --git a/components/profile-controller/Makefile b/components/profile-controller/Makefile
index 40b96cf9730..10f0ad4dc3c 100644
--- a/components/profile-controller/Makefile
+++ b/components/profile-controller/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TAG ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty)
 ARCH ?= linux/amd64
 
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
-ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.23
+ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.26
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))