diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main-upgrades.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main-upgrades.yaml
index 9be9e178035ae..b4f47afa7987f 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main-upgrades.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-main-upgrades.yaml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ periodics:
       - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
         value: "3.5.7-0"
       - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
-        value: "v1.9.3"
+        value: "v1.10.1"
       - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
         value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
       # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
index 7e6f372cd3ce5..ded3c10daae28 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-periodics-release-1-4-upgrades.yaml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ periodics:
           - name: ETCD_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
             value: "3.5.7-0"
           - name: COREDNS_VERSION_UPGRADE_TO
-            value: "v1.9.3"
+            value: "v1.10.1"
           - name: GINKGO_FOCUS
             value: "\\[K8s-Upgrade\\]"
         # we need privileged mode in order to do docker in docker