diff --git a/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh b/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
index aac3a30cd..fbc50a0d6 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/end2end/bootstrap-kind.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -exu
 
-NODE_IMAGE=${1:-kindest/node:v1.26.6@sha256:6e2d8b28a5b601defe327b98bd1c2d1930b49e5d8c512e1895099e4504007adb}
+NODE_IMAGE=${1:-kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:1cc15d7b1edd2126ef051e359bf864f37bbcf1568e61be4d2ed1df7a3e87b354}
 VOLUME_ROOT=${2:-/artifacts}
 WORKER_NODE_COUNT=${3:-0}
 CLUSTER_NAME=${CLUSTER_NAME:-kind}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh b/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
index 6b3d1ac15..a2c392411 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ VERSION_FILE="${REPOSITORY_DIR}/VERSION"
 source "${VERSION_FILE}"
 
 ZK_OPERATOR_VERSION=0.2.15
-CERT_MANAGER_VERSION=v1.6.1
+CERT_MANAGER_VERSION=v1.12.3
 KAFKA_OPERATOR_VERSION=0.25.1
 INGRESS_NGINX_VERSION=controller-v1.8.1
 PROMETHEUS_VERSION=v0.52.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/end2end.yaml b/.github/workflows/end2end.yaml
index 80c767cee..d70b7e254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end2end.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end2end.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
   WORKER_COUNT: '2'
   OPERATOR_REPO: git@github.com:scality/zenko-operator.git
   OPERATOR_IMAGE: ""
-  KIND_NODE_IMAGE: "kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:6110314339b3b44d10da7d27881849a87e092124afab5956f2e10ecdb463b025"
+  KIND_NODE_IMAGE: "kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:1cc15d7b1edd2126ef051e359bf864f37bbcf1568e61be4d2ed1df7a3e87b354"
   VOLUME_ROOT: /artifacts
   OIDC_REALM: "zenko"
   OIDC_CLIENT_ID: "zenko-ui"