diff --git a/docs/book/src/01_user/01_getting-started.md b/docs/book/src/01_user/01_getting-started.md
index b7ce018f..90493359 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/01_user/01_getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/01_user/01_getting-started.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ To further debug and diagnose cluster problems, use 'kubectl cluster-info dump'.
 No additional steps are required and you can install the RKE2 provider with **clusterctl** directly:
 
 ```bash
-clusterctl init --core cluster-api:v1.8.5 --bootstrap rke2:v0.9.0 --control-plane rke2:v0.9.0 --infrastructure docker:v1.8.5
+clusterctl init --core cluster-api:v1.9.0--bootstrap rke2:v0.9.0 --control-plane rke2:v0.9.0 --infrastructure docker:v1.9.0
 ```
 
 Next, you can proceed to [creating a workload cluster](#create-a-workload-cluster).
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml b/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
index 3f9cec2e..965d489d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/e2e_conf.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ providers:
   - name: cluster-api
     type: CoreProvider
     versions:
-    - name: "v1.8.5"
-      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.8.5/core-components.yaml"
+    - name: "v1.9.0"
+      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.9.0/core-components.yaml"
       type: "url"
       contract: v1beta1
       files:
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ providers:
   - name: docker
     type: InfrastructureProvider
     versions:
-    - name: "v1.8.5"
-      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.8.5/infrastructure-components-development.yaml"
+    - name: "v1.9.0"
+      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.9.0/infrastructure-components-development.yaml"
       type: "url"
       contract: v1beta1
       files:
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ providers:
   - name: docker-updated
     type: InfrastructureProvider
     versions:
-    - name: "v1.8.5"
-      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.8.5/infrastructure-components-development.yaml"
+    - name: "v1.9.0"
+      value: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/v1.9.0/infrastructure-components-development.yaml"
       type: "url"
       contract: v1beta1
       files:
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ providers:
 
 variables:
   KUBERNETES_VERSION_MANAGEMENT: "v1.29.2"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.29.4"
-  KIND_IMAGE_VERSION: "v1.29.4"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.30.4"
+  KIND_IMAGE_VERSION: "v1.30.4"
   NODE_DRAIN_TIMEOUT: "60s"
   WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT: "2"
   CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT: "1"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.29.5"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO: "v1.31.0"
   KUBERNETES_UPGRADE_OCI_IMAGE_ID: "${KUBERNETES_UPGRADE_OCI_IMAGE_ID}"
   IP_FAMILY: "IPv4"
   EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml
index 9b21868d..453a256e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: clusterctl.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha3
 kind: Metadata
 releaseSeries:
+  - major: 1
+    minor: 9
+    contract: v1beta1
   - major: 1
     minor: 8
     contract: v1beta1