diff --git a/.github/workflows/consuming.yml b/.github/workflows/consuming.yml
index 16a3de4ff..b7f376e4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/consuming.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/consuming.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         project: ['admiral', 'lighthouse', 'subctl', 'submariner', 'submariner-operator']
         cabledriver: ['libreswan']
         # Run most tests against the latest K8s version
-        k8s_version: ['1.29']
+        k8s_version: ['1.30']
         include:
           # Test the same set of cable driver combinations as the consuming projects do in their CI
           - project: submariner
diff --git a/Makefile.clusters b/Makefile.clusters
index 372a6e887..fefc95bf4 100644
--- a/Makefile.clusters
+++ b/Makefile.clusters
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TIMEOUT ?= 5m
 export PARALLEL SETTINGS TIMEOUT
 
 # Flags affecting `make clusters`
-K8S_VERSION ?= 1.29
+K8S_VERSION ?= 1.30
 METALLB_VERSION ?= 0.13.5
 OLM_VERSION ?= v0.18.3
 PROVIDER ?= kind
diff --git a/gh-actions/e2e/action.yaml b/gh-actions/e2e/action.yaml
index 2e0cda99a..7c80250e8 100644
--- a/gh-actions/e2e/action.yaml
+++ b/gh-actions/e2e/action.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ inputs:
   k8s_version:
     description: 'Version of Kubernetes to use for clusters'
     required: false
-    default: '1.29'
+    default: '1.30'
   using:
     description: 'Various options to pass via using="..."'
     required: false
diff --git a/scripts/shared/lib/clusters_kind b/scripts/shared/lib/clusters_kind
index 281fa880d..46cce3ce1 100755
--- a/scripts/shared/lib/clusters_kind
+++ b/scripts/shared/lib/clusters_kind
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ kind_k8s_versions[1.22]=1.22.17@sha256:f5b2e5698c6c9d6d0adc419c0deae21a425c07d81
 # kind 0.22.0 hashes
 kind_k8s_versions[1.23]=1.23.17@sha256:14d0a9a892b943866d7e6be119a06871291c517d279aedb816a4b4bc0ec0a5b3
 kind_k8s_versions[1.24]=1.24.17@sha256:bad10f9b98d54586cba05a7eaa1b61c6b90bfc4ee174fdc43a7b75ca75c95e51
-kind_k8s_versions[1.25]=1.25.16@sha256:e8b50f8e06b44bb65a93678a65a26248fae585b3d3c2a669e5ca6c90c69dc519
-kind_k8s_versions[1.26]=1.26.14@sha256:5d548739ddef37b9318c70cb977f57bf3e5015e4552be4e27e57280a8cbb8e4f
-kind_k8s_versions[1.27]=1.27.11@sha256:681253009e68069b8e01aad36a1e0fa8cf18bb0ab3e5c4069b2e65cafdd70843
-kind_k8s_versions[1.28]=1.28.7@sha256:9bc6c451a289cf96ad0bbaf33d416901de6fd632415b076ab05f5fa7e4f65c58
-kind_k8s_versions[1.29]=1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245
+# kind 0.23.0 hashes
+kind_k8s_versions[1.25]=1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b
+kind_k8s_versions[1.26]=1.26.15@sha256:84333e26cae1d70361bb7339efb568df1871419f2019c80f9a12b7e2d485fe19
+kind_k8s_versions[1.27]=1.27.13@sha256:17439fa5b32290e3ead39ead1250dca1d822d94a10d26f1981756cd51b24b9d8
+kind_k8s_versions[1.28]=1.28.9@sha256:dca54bc6a6079dd34699d53d7d4ffa2e853e46a20cd12d619a09207e35300bd0
+kind_k8s_versions[1.29]=1.29.4@sha256:3abb816a5b1061fb15c6e9e60856ec40d56b7b52bcea5f5f1350bc6e2320b6f8
+kind_k8s_versions[1.30]=1.30.0@sha256:047357ac0cfea04663786a612ba1eaba9702bef25227a794b52890dd8bcd692e
 
 ### Functions ###
 
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index f3772c834..17c9da474 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.44.1
 	github.com/psampaz/go-mod-outdated v0.9.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.14.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.22.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index eeb068ea7..4e8df7ae4 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -1286,6 +1286,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMm
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.22.0 h1:z/+yr/azoOfzsfooqRsPw1wjJlqT/ukXP0ShkHwNlsI=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.22.0/go.mod h1:aBlbxg08cauDgZ612shr017/rZwqd7AS563FvpWKPVs=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0 h1:8fyDGWbWTeCcCTwA04v4Nfr45KKxbSPH1WO9K+jVrBg=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0/go.mod h1:ZQ1iZuJLh3T+O8fzhdi3VWcFTzsdXtNv2ppsHc8JQ7s=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:XX3Ajgzov2RKUdc5jW3t5jwY7Bo7dcRm+tFxT+NfgY0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.13.5-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3/go.mod h1:9n16EZKMhXBNSiUC5kSdFQJkdH3zbxS/JoO619G1VAY=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.14.3-0.20230601165947-6ce0bf390ce3 h1:W6cLQc5pnqM7vh3b7HvGNfXrJ/xL6BDMS0v1V/HHg5U=