diff --git a/.github/workflows/ws-controller-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ws-controller-test.yml
index 353db25e6..ce84311e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ws-controller-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ws-controller-test.yml
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Set up Kind
-        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1
+        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
         with:
-          version: v0.23.0
-          node_image: kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b
+          version: v0.31.0
+          node_image: kindest/node:v1.35.1@sha256:05d7bcdefbda08b4e038f644c4df690cdac3fba8b06f8289f30e10026720a1ab
           cluster_name: kind
 
       - name: Set up Go
diff --git a/developing/scripts/kind.yaml b/developing/scripts/kind.yaml
index da9d0c571..f84e49be8 100644
--- a/developing/scripts/kind.yaml
+++ b/developing/scripts/kind.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
         "service-account-signing-key-file": "/etc/kubernetes/pki/sa.key"
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
-  image: kindest/node:v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f
+  image: kindest/node:v1.35.1@sha256:05d7bcdefbda08b4e038f644c4df690cdac3fba8b06f8289f30e10026720a1ab
 - role: worker
-  image: kindest/node:v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f
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+  image: kindest/node:v1.35.1@sha256:05d7bcdefbda08b4e038f644c4df690cdac3fba8b06f8289f30e10026720a1ab
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