diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 75971be29c..64ff3b872b 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
-	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.0-rc.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
-	github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 19f0540b3e..a02fb3a918 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1 h1:2eYKZT7i6yxIfGP3qLJoJ7HAsDJqYB+X68g4NYjSrE0=
 github.com/coredns/caddy v1.1.1/go.mod h1:A6ntJQlAWuQfFlsd9hvigKbo2WS0VUs2l1e2F+BawD4=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.21 h1:W/DCETrHDiFo0Wj03EyMkaQ9fwsmSgqTCQDHpceaSsE=
-github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.21/go.mod h1:XnhgULOEouimnzgn0t4WPuFDN2/PJQcTxdWKC5eXNGE=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.23 h1:Fp4FETmk8sT/IRgnKX2xstC2dL7+QdcU+BL5AYIN3Jw=
+github.com/coredns/corefile-migration v1.0.23/go.mod h1:8HyMhuyzx9RLZp8cRc9Uf3ECpEAafHOFxQWUPqktMQI=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20191104093116-d3cd4ed1dbcf h1:iW4rZ826su+pqaw19uhpSCzhj44qo35pNgKFGqzDKkU=
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
-github.com/flynn/go-shlex v0.0.0-20150515145356-3f9db97f8568/go.mod h1:xEzjJPgXI435gkrCt3MPfRiAkVrwSbHsst4LCFVfpJc=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
@@ -487,8 +486,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661 h1:FepOBzJ0GXm8t0su67ln2wAZjbQ6R
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0 h1:Tc9rS7JJoZ9sl3OpL4842oIk6lH7gWBb0JOmJ0ute7M=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0/go.mod h1:1ewhL9l1gkPcU/IU/6rFYfikf+7Y5imWv7ARVbBOzNs=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.0 h1:Q103UfK++rI160mtURBjg4ovJ9vxJTIrrdkL7NQBdFQ=
-sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:TNkfly2mrCG8O6DjGFru0USq1NhWbo2njpSXxKrRgL0=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.1 h1:iGdYV8QJedw4Kdsdhrs7GUyljREnwLFp6XDxt2cVlrs=
+sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:K/FLuMsQccN91vUNed62wDTE5/biB0oEgad2e8vq8rY=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.0-rc.0 h1:JNAxc+8QE4Vk51NFgtex6Yh4KlTJfVOjOH6ybiO3HTI=
 sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test v1.8.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:dwVWpEtSXNUTYb+rSQ/KNNv4lVadx26teQB9CS+yaXM=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHvm5BZw=