diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4c2d058dd..f72d8c978 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.28.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e4a38a4d0..0ebc35c44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1744,8 +1744,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.0/go.mod h1:REiJzC7Y00U+2YkMbT8wxgrsX5USpXKG
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.0/go.mod h1:CpYf5pdNY/B352A1TFLAS2JVSlnGQ5O2cftPHndTroo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0 h1:g4y4eu0qa+SCeKESLpESgMmVFBebL0BDa6f777OIWrg=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.24.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0 h1:8fS6I0Q5WGlmLprSpH0DarlOSdcsv0txnwc93J2BP7M=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:MkjgH3RdOWrievjo6c9T245dYlB5QeXV4WCbnt/PEpU=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.4.1/go.mod h1:NqxqT+wbYHrD0P19Uu4dXiMsVwI1IwQs+MJHlLhmPqQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.1.11/go.mod h1:72/rLkSi+L/pHM1oCjwrf3ClU+tH5kZQvvdLSqIHwWU=