diff --git a/docs/book/src/developer/core/tilt.md b/docs/book/src/developer/core/tilt.md
index 7c95eb278571..8e693e6a6d27 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/developer/core/tilt.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/developer/core/tilt.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Custom values for variable substitutions can be set using `kustomize_substitutio
 ```yaml
 kustomize_substitutions:
   NAMESPACE: "default"
-  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.31.2"
+  KUBERNETES_VERSION: "v1.32.0"
   CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT: "1"
   WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT: "3"
 # Note: kustomize substitutions expects the values to be strings. This can be achieved by wrapping the values in quotation marks.
diff --git a/docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md b/docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md
index 45ba31aae8fa..50735e85e028 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/user/quick-start.md
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ The Docker provider is not designed for production use and is intended for devel
 
 ```bash
 clusterctl generate cluster capi-quickstart --flavor development \
-  --kubernetes-version v1.31.2 \
+  --kubernetes-version v1.32.0 \
   --control-plane-machine-count=3 \
   --worker-machine-count=3 \
   > capi-quickstart.yaml
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ clusterctl generate cluster capi-quickstart \
 ```bash
 clusterctl generate cluster capi-quickstart \
   --infrastructure azure \
-  --kubernetes-version v1.31.2 \
+  --kubernetes-version v1.32.0 \
   --control-plane-machine-count=3 \
   --worker-machine-count=3 \
   > capi-quickstart.yaml
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ yq -i "with(. | select(.kind == \"AzureClusterIdentity\"); .spec.type |= \"Servi
 
 ```bash
 clusterctl generate cluster capi-quickstart \
-  --kubernetes-version v1.31.2 \
+  --kubernetes-version v1.32.0 \
   --control-plane-machine-count=3 \
   --worker-machine-count=3 \
   > capi-quickstart.yaml
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ and see an output similar to this:
 
 ```bash
 NAME              PHASE         AGE   VERSION
-capi-quickstart   Provisioned   8s    v1.31.2
+capi-quickstart   Provisioned   8s    v1.32.0
 ```
 
 To verify the first control plane is up:
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ You should see an output is similar to this:
 
 ```bash
 NAME                    CLUSTER           INITIALIZED   API SERVER AVAILABLE   REPLICAS   READY   UPDATED   UNAVAILABLE   AGE    VERSION
-capi-quickstart-g2trk   capi-quickstart   true                                 3                  3         3             4m7s   v1.31.2
+capi-quickstart-g2trk   capi-quickstart   true                                 3                  3         3             4m7s   v1.32.0
 ```
 
 <aside class="note warning">
@@ -1768,12 +1768,12 @@ kubectl --kubeconfig=./capi-quickstart.kubeconfig get nodes
 ```
 ```bash
 NAME                                          STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
-capi-quickstart-vs89t-gmbld                   Ready    control-plane   5m33s  v1.31.2
-capi-quickstart-vs89t-kf9l5                   Ready    control-plane   6m20s  v1.31.2
-capi-quickstart-vs89t-t8cfn                   Ready    control-plane   7m10s  v1.31.2
-capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-8tq9v   Ready    <none>          6m5s   v1.31.2
-capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-glnjd   Ready    <none>          6m9s   v1.31.2
-capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-sfzp6   Ready    <none>          6m9s   v1.31.2
+capi-quickstart-vs89t-gmbld                   Ready    control-plane   5m33s  v1.32.0
+capi-quickstart-vs89t-kf9l5                   Ready    control-plane   6m20s  v1.32.0
+capi-quickstart-vs89t-t8cfn                   Ready    control-plane   7m10s  v1.32.0
+capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-8tq9v   Ready    <none>          6m5s   v1.32.0
+capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-glnjd   Ready    <none>          6m9s   v1.32.0
+capi-quickstart-md-0-55x6t-5649968bd7-sfzp6   Ready    <none>          6m9s   v1.32.0
 ```
 
 {{#/tab }}
diff --git a/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_provider.go b/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_provider.go
index 8049fafb3e3a..4d1528f183fc 100644
--- a/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_provider.go
+++ b/test/framework/bootstrap/kind_provider.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultNodeImageRepository = "kindest/node"
 
 	// DefaultNodeImageVersion is the default Kubernetes version to be used for creating a kind cluster.
-	DefaultNodeImageVersion = "v1.31.2@sha256:18fbefc20a7113353c7b75b5c869d7145a6abd6269154825872dc59c1329912e"
+	DefaultNodeImageVersion = "v1.32.0@sha256:2458b423d635d7b01637cac2d6de7e1c1dca1148a2ba2e90975e214ca849e7cb"
 )
 
 // KindClusterOption is a NewKindClusterProvider option.
diff --git a/test/infrastructure/kind/mapper.go b/test/infrastructure/kind/mapper.go
index 5c763929b6dc..a3903a72993c 100644
--- a/test/infrastructure/kind/mapper.go
+++ b/test/infrastructure/kind/mapper.go
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ var preBuiltMappings = []Mapping{
 
 	// TODO: Add pre-built images for newer Kind versions on top
 	// Pre-built images for Kind v1.25.
+	{
+		KubernetesVersion: semver.MustParse("1.32.0"),
+		Mode:              Mode0_20,
+		Image:             "kindest/node:v1.32.0@sha256:2458b423d635d7b01637cac2d6de7e1c1dca1148a2ba2e90975e214ca849e7cb",
+	},
 	{
 		KubernetesVersion: semver.MustParse("1.31.2"),
 		Mode:              Mode0_20,