diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 1739077fc..6132595a8 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.0
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 v2.7.2
 	github.com/psampaz/go-mod-outdated v0.9.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 46e32c2dc..b70fdbcc1 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2 h1:zsEMWL8SVKGHNztrx6uZrXdp7AX8r421Vvp23sz7ik4=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2/go.mod h1:iB7Hn+ai8lPvofHd9ZFGVg2GOr8sBUw1QUWjNbmIL/s=
 mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20251027182757-5beb8c8f8f15 h1:ssMzja7PDPJV8FStj7hq9IKiuiKhgz9ErWw+m68e7DI=
 mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20251027182757-5beb8c8f8f15/go.mod h1:4M5MMXl2kW6fivUT6yRGpLLPNfuGtU2Z0cPvFquGDYU=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0 h1:2Xi1KFEfSMm0XDcvKnUt15ZfgRPCT0OnCBbpgh8DztY=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.30.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0 h1:UcT4nzm+YM7YEbqiAKECk+b6dsvc/HRZZu9U0FolL1g=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.31.0/go.mod h1:FSqriGaoTPruiXWfRnUXNykF8r2t+fHtK0P0m1AbGF8=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:Ejl7/uTz7PSA4eKMyQCUTnhZYNmLIl+5c2lQPGR2BPY=