diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
index ef72fd16807b..34f7fa02144b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false # Keep running if one leg fails.
       matrix:
         k8s-version:
-        - v1.28.x
-        - v1.29.x
+        - v1.30.x
+        - v1.31.x
 
         ingress:
         - kourier
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
         path: ~/artifacts
 
     - name: setup kind
-      uses: chainguard-dev/actions/setup-kind@1f79ee3c1d554f67a5344933e2cadfa4b58d300d
+      uses: chainguard-dev/actions/setup-kind@main
       with:
         k8s-version: ${{ matrix.k8s-version }}
         kind-worker-count: 4
diff --git a/test/e2e-external-domain-tls-tests.sh b/test/e2e-external-domain-tls-tests.sh
index 33c86a0846fa..71ff537bde3b 100755
--- a/test/e2e-external-domain-tls-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-external-domain-tls-tests.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function delete_dns_record() {
 }
 
 # Script entry point.
-initialize "$@" --num-nodes=4 --enable-ha --cluster-version=1.28
+initialize "$@" --num-nodes=4 --enable-ha --cluster-version=1.30
 
 # Run the tests
 header "Running tests"
diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index 109e71e0e0b9..eae5c5c7dff9 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 source $(dirname "$0")/e2e-common.sh
 
 # Script entry point.
-initialize --num-nodes=4 --enable-ha --cluster-version=1.28 "$@"
+initialize --num-nodes=4 --enable-ha --cluster-version=1.30 "$@"
 
 # Run the tests
 header "Running tests"
diff --git a/test/e2e-upgrade-tests.sh b/test/e2e-upgrade-tests.sh
index e15ea761cdc6..6c31fab1a816 100755
--- a/test/e2e-upgrade-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-upgrade-tests.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function stage_test_resources() {
 # Skip installing istio as an add-on.
 # Skip installing a pvc as it is not used in upgrade tests
 # Skip installing a resource quota as it is not used in upgrade tests
-PVC=0 QUOTA=0 initialize "$@" --num-nodes=4 --cluster-version=1.28 \
+PVC=0 QUOTA=0 initialize "$@" --num-nodes=4 --cluster-version=1.30 \
   --install-latest-release
 
 # TODO(#2656): Reduce the timeout after we get this test to consistently passing.
diff --git a/test/performance/performance-tests.sh b/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
index e26ea79e2a88..5fd997f55d4b 100755
--- a/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
+++ b/test/performance/performance-tests.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ declare ARTIFACTS
 
 ns="default"
 
-initialize --num-nodes=10 --cluster-version=1.28 "$@"
+initialize --num-nodes=10 --cluster-version=1.30 "$@"
 
 function run_job() {
   local name=$1