diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kind.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kind.yaml
index 783f930..0a5672e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kind.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kind.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ on:
     inputs:
       version:
         description: 'Kubernetes version'
-        default: 'v1.35.0'
+        default: 'v1.36.0'
         required: true
       kind:
         description: 'Kind version'
-        default: 'v0.31.0'
+        default: 'v0.32.0'
         required: true
 
 permissions:
@@ -28,19 +28,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 'stable'
       - name: Setup Kind
-        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.13.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.14.0
         with:
           version: ${{ github.event.inputs.kind }}
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          repository: kubernetes/kubernetes
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-          path: kubernetes
       - name: Build node image
         run: |
-          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/kubernetes
-          kind build node-image
+          kind build node-image --type release ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
@@ -62,19 +55,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 'stable'
       - name: Setup Kind
-        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.13.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.14.0
         with:
           version: ${{ github.event.inputs.kind }}
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          repository: kubernetes/kubernetes
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-          path: kubernetes
       - name: Build node image
         run: |
-          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/kubernetes
-          kind build node-image
+          kind build node-image --type release ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with: