diff --git a/tools/src/kind/go.mod b/tools/src/kind/go.mod
index 398e0d90a29..1deb67377f4 100644
--- a/tools/src/kind/go.mod
+++ b/tools/src/kind/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/tools/src/kind
 
 go 1.23.3
 
-require sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+require sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/src/kind/go.sum b/tools/src/kind/go.sum
index 43de9d29a84..847cb71e67b 100644
--- a/tools/src/kind/go.sum
+++ b/tools/src/kind/go.sum
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b h1:QRR6H1YWRnHb4Y/HeNFCTJLF
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-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/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=