diff --git a/common/.commonfiles.sha b/common/.commonfiles.sha
index 8f14a59a..5c2bdff6 100644
--- a/common/.commonfiles.sha
+++ b/common/.commonfiles.sha
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7c9840ee34e4b1fdffbb593354eca8ba8d6d6f7f
+9b8f6788017ae4be609087a254139cdd69806f73
diff --git a/common/scripts/kind_provisioner.sh b/common/scripts/kind_provisioner.sh
index 9e9ea59c..a79af424 100644
--- a/common/scripts/kind_provisioner.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/kind_provisioner.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ set -x
 ####################################################################
 
 # DEFAULT_KIND_IMAGE is used to set the Kubernetes version for KinD unless overridden in params to setup_kind_cluster(s)
-DEFAULT_KIND_IMAGE="gcr.io/istio-testing/kind-node:v1.28.4"
+DEFAULT_KIND_IMAGE="gcr.io/istio-testing/kind-node:v1.30.0"
 
 # the default kind cluster should be ipv4 if not otherwise specified
 IP_FAMILY="${IP_FAMILY:-ipv4}"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function setup_kind_cluster() {
   kubectl taint nodes "${NAME}"-control-plane node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane- 2>/dev/null || true
 
   # Determine what CNI to install
-  case "${KUBERNETES_CNI:-}" in 
+  case "${KUBERNETES_CNI:-}" in
 
     "calico")
       echo "Installing Calico CNI"