diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a0792d43..862e246cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.2
 	k8s.io/cloud-provider-gcp v0.0.0-20241115222652-d74b2e1d6653
 	sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator v0.6.27
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7770b999e..09ead71e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator v0.6.27 h1:uzSwFYh+hrrbpv7goZ+2FN/2oCQddiKpb8l
 sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator v0.6.27/go.mod h1:8CAmUtqsLmv5QvnhXQ2+byy1EL+TCDyyYTGFXDyt0sk=
 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 v0.25.0 h1:ugUvgesHKKA0yKmD6QtYTiEev+kPUpGxdTPbMGf8VTU=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0/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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=