diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6326a78..c7bbc58 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 09afc6c..8ed53c0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-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 v0.18.0 h1:hTzp67k+3NEVInwz5BHyzc9rGxIauoXferXyjv5lWPo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0/go.mod h1:f8isXnX+8b+SGLHQ6yO4JG1rdkZlvhaCf/uZbLVMb0U=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 h1:WvBo56Wzw3fjS+7vBjN6TeivvpbW9GmRaWZ9CIVmt4E=