diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index ac71c993e7..13c88db65a 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.9.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.9.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0
 )
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index b74ed642c1..1ae5589e14 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0 h1:DsLDXCi6jR+Xz8/xd0Z1PYl2Pn0TyaFMOPPZIj4inDM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZH4lHrL2sDi0FHZ9jjneb8kKnGzFWyrTya35sWUTrRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
-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 v0.19.0 h1:F+2HB2mU1MSiR9Hp1NEgoU2q9ItNOaBJl0I4Dlus5SQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/BbwnivGVcBh1r+8m3tH1VNxJmHSk1PzP5fkP6lbL1o=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0 h1:RFge5qsO1uHhwJsu3ipV7RNolC7Uozc0jUBC/61XSlA=