Merge pull request #11485 from k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick…

…-11482-to-release-1.9

[release-1.9] 🐛 kind: downgrade binary to v0.24.0 to fix building node images for <= v1.30

hack/ensure-kind.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ goarch="$(go env GOARCH)"
 goos="$(go env GOOS)"
 
 # Note: When updating the MINIMUM_KIND_VERSION new shas MUST be added in `preBuiltMappings` at `test/infrastructure/kind/mapper.go`
-MINIMUM_KIND_VERSION=v0.25.0
+# Note: The kind version here is out of sync with our go dependency which is 0.25.0 due to issues building images <= kubernetes v1.30.
+MINIMUM_KIND_VERSION=v0.24.0
 
 
 # Ensure the kind tool exists and is a viable version, or installs it