diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89e69c5d..8e7adfc3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20231015215740-bf15e44028f9
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.5.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 90c653d2..a4291877 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1 h1:fZZ/+RyRb+Y5tGkwxFKuYuSRQHu9dZtbjenblleOLHM=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.2.1/go.mod h1:EpNfEXNjiYfUJypf0eZ0P5iXA9ekSGWaS1WgPaM42X0=
 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/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:bJZC9H9iH24zzfZ/41RGcq60oK1F7G282QMXDPYydCw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 h1:sCP7Vv3xx/CWIuTPVN38lUPx0uw0lcLfzaiDa8Ja01A=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=