diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a57edb819d..0d88e21f3e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9289cce9f82..b3007565332 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -748,8 +748,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5 h1:nTHio/W+Q4aBlQMgbnC5hZb4IjIidyrizMai9P
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 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/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:XX3Ajgzov2RKUdc5jW3t5jwY7Bo7dcRm+tFxT+NfgY0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3/go.mod h1:9n16EZKMhXBNSiUC5kSdFQJkdH3zbxS/JoO619G1VAY=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.14.3-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:W6cLQc5pnqM7vh3b7HvGNfXrJ/xL6BDMS0v1V/HHg5U=