diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index fd0b5e6..4b83c7c 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.3
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.5.0
 )
 
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 2ec2769..0931802 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3 h1:z48C5/d4jCVQQvtiSBL5MYyZ3EO2eFIOXrIKMgHV
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3/go.mod h1:AEj6k+w1kYpLZv2einOH3mj52ips4W/6FUjnB5tkJGs=
 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/kustomize/api v0.18.0 h1:hTzp67k+3NEVInwz5BHyzc9rGxIauoXferXyjv5lWPo=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0/go.mod h1:f8isXnX+8b+SGLHQ6yO4JG1rdkZlvhaCf/uZbLVMb0U=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.15.0 h1:WkdY8V2+8J+W00YbImXa2ke9oegfrHH79e+kywW7EdU=