diff --git a/k8s-tools/Dockerfile b/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
index fc03c474..7f297132 100644
--- a/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/k8s-tools/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUN echo "Computed sha256sum: $(sha256sum ${KAPP_FILENAME})" \
     && mv kapp-linux-amd64 kapp
 
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes/kubectl
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION 1.28.13
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION 1.31.2
 ENV KUBECTL_SUM d7d363dd5a4c95444329bc5239b8718ebe84a043052958b2f15ee2feef9a28c6
 ENV KUBECTL_FILENAME kubectl
 ADD https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl .
diff --git a/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb b/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
index fc2dfef2..9394a865 100644
--- a/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
+++ b/k8s-tools/k8s-tools_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CREDHUB_CLI_VERSION='2.9.36' # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=cloudfoundry/credhub-cli
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION="5.0.3" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KAPP_VERSION="0.63.3" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=k14s/kapp
-KUBECTL_VERSION="1.28.13" # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes/kubectl
+KUBECTL_VERSION="1.31.2" # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes/kubectl
 HELM_VERSION="3.14.4" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=helm/helm
 KUTTL_VERSION="0.19.0" # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kudobuilder/kuttl
 RUBY_VERSION = "3.1"