diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/Dockerfile.deps b/deploy/skaffold/Dockerfile.deps
index 6f561eb0da7..8bc2e6dfe39 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/Dockerfile.deps
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/Dockerfile.deps
@@ -15,84 +15,83 @@
 ARG ARCH=amd64
 
 # Download kubectl
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-kubectl
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-kubectl
 ARG ARCH
-# https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION v1.27.2
-ENV KUBECTL_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/${ARCH}/kubectl
-# SHAs at gs://kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/${ARCH}/
-COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.${ARCH}.sha512 .
-RUN wget -O kubectl "${KUBECTL_URL}" && sha512sum -c kubectl.${ARCH}.sha512
+# https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION v1.32.0
+ENV KUBECTL_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/kubectl/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/kubectl
+COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.${ARCH}.sha256 .
+RUN wget -O kubectl "${KUBECTL_URL}" && sha256sum -c kubectl.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN chmod +x kubectl
 
 # Download helm (see https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/latest)
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-helm
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-helm
 ARG ARCH
 RUN echo arch=$ARCH
-ENV HELM_VERSION v3.12.0
+ENV HELM_VERSION v3.16.4
 ENV HELM_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/helm/helm-${HELM_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/helm.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN wget -O helm.tar.gz "${HELM_URL}" && sha256sum -c helm.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN tar -xvf helm.tar.gz --strip-components 1
 
-# Download kustomize
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-kustomize
+# Download kustomize (see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-kustomize
 ARG ARCH
-ENV KUSTOMIZE_VERSION 5.0.3
+ENV KUSTOMIZE_VERSION 5.5.0
 ENV KUSTOMIZE_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/kustomize/v${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}/kustomize_v${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_linux_${ARCH}.tar.gz
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kustomize.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN wget -O kustomize.tar.gz "${KUSTOMIZE_URL}" && sha256sum -c kustomize.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN tar -xvf kustomize.tar.gz
 
-# Download kpt
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-kpt
+# Download kpt (see https://github.com/kptdev/kpt/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-kpt
 ARG ARCH
-ENV KPT_VERSION 1.0.0-beta.33
+ENV KPT_VERSION 1.0.0-beta.55
 ENV KPT_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/kpt/v${KPT_VERSION}/kpt_linux_amd64
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kpt.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN wget -O kpt "${KPT_URL}" && sha256sum -c kpt.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN chmod +x kpt
 
-# Download kompose
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-kompose
+# Download kompose (see https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-kompose
 ARG ARCH
-ENV KOMPOSE_VERSION v1.26.0
+ENV KOMPOSE_VERSION v1.35.0
 ENV KOMPOSE_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/kompose/${KOMPOSE_VERSION}/kompose-linux-amd64
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kompose.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN wget -O kompose "${KOMPOSE_URL}" && sha256sum -c kompose.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN chmod +x kompose
 
 # Download container-structure-test (https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/container-structure-test/releases/latest)
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-container-structure-test
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-container-structure-test
 ARG ARCH
-ENV CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_VERSION v1.10.0
-ENV CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/container-structure-test/${CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_VERSION}/container-structure-test-linux-${ARCH}
+ENV CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_VERSION v1.19.3
+ENV CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/container-structure-test/${CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_VERSION}/container-structure-test-linux-${ARCH}
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/container-structure-test.${ARCH}.sha512 .
 RUN wget -O container-structure-test "${CONTAINER_STRUCTURE_TEST_URL}" && sha512sum -c container-structure-test.${ARCH}.sha512
 RUN chmod +x container-structure-test
 
-# Download kind
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-kind
+# Download kind (see https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-kind
 ARG ARCH
-ENV KIND_VERSION v0.11.1
+ENV KIND_VERSION v0.26.0
 ENV KIND_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/kind/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-${ARCH}
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/kind.${ARCH}.sha512 .
 RUN wget -O kind "${KIND_URL}" && sha512sum -c kind.${ARCH}.sha512
 RUN chmod +x kind
 
-# Download k3d
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-k3d
+# Download k3d (see https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-k3d
 ARG ARCH
-ENV K3D_VERSION v5.0.3
+ENV K3D_VERSION v5.7.5
 ENV K3D_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/k3d/${K3D_VERSION}/k3d-linux-amd64
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/k3d.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN wget -O k3d "${K3D_URL}" && sha256sum -c k3d.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN chmod +x k3d
 
-# Download gcloud
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-gcloud
+# Download gcloud (see https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-gcloud
 ARG ARCH
-ENV GCLOUD_VERSION 496.0.0
+ENV GCLOUD_VERSION 505.0.0
 ENV GCLOUD_URL https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-${GCLOUD_VERSION}-linux-GCLOUDARCH.tar.gz
 # SHAs listed at https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/downloads-versioned-archives
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/gcloud.${ARCH}.sha256 .
@@ -102,10 +101,10 @@ RUN \
     sha256sum -c gcloud.${ARCH}.sha256
 RUN tar -zxf gcloud.tar.gz
 
-# Download bazel
-FROM alpine:3.10 as download-bazel
+# Download bazel (see https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/latest)
+FROM alpine:3.21.2 as download-bazel
 ARG ARCH
-ENV BAZEL_VERSION 4.2.1
+ENV BAZEL_VERSION 8.0.0
 ENV BAZEL_URL https://storage.googleapis.com/skaffold/deps/bazel/${BAZEL_VERSION}/bazel-${BAZEL_VERSION}-linux-BAZELARCH
 COPY deploy/skaffold/digests/bazel.${ARCH}.sha256 .
 RUN \
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/bazel.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/bazel.amd64.sha256
index 14485d67e8e..ee0e1f48b07 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/bazel.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/bazel.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1a4f3a3ce292307bceeb44f459883859c793436d564b95319aacb8af1f20557c  bazel
+18417fdee645a8dc08bc3f27e33f71a5681f9f14661b33ac48536a31dc8d00f1  bazel
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/container-structure-test.amd64.sha512 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/container-structure-test.amd64.sha512
index d37bc086e08..3711c6eb51c 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/container-structure-test.amd64.sha512
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/container-structure-test.amd64.sha512
@@ -1 +1 @@
-392ce1d4462d55b5c421f83b6be1a22e7e50380f54633d90a963f37155550ebaabf27797877003322938136163fedaec461f44ae7acce1b23b7fd869d35f8d28  container-structure-test
+79c8b367e024d18b8279e504aa197f6a3074ccb07b5feea6f7e73e598acd8969481f7a7db43f50bcf4565e2fe8c71ee990dd554e1644eed9927cc83973495381  container-structure-test
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/gcloud.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/gcloud.amd64.sha256
index 3402179e8da..a3a2154c43f 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/gcloud.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/gcloud.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9355cdd311c622f13e2f2a3eb06ffd1b74a1f50a9d1af9eed786cbe0e9a5b736  gcloud.tar.gz
+3be8585aed4cdada86fd38ee872c6a07d9ab898ae5ce65296b5445ae181f78e9  gcloud.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/helm.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/helm.amd64.sha256
index 4b4bc42a068..c515e73fee9 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/helm.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/helm.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-da36e117d6dbc57c8ec5bab2283222fbd108db86c83389eebe045ad1ef3e2c3b  helm.tar.gz
+fc307327959aa38ed8f9f7e66d45492bb022a66c3e5da6063958254b9767d179  helm.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/k3d.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/k3d.amd64.sha256
index 0f9b023e880..4f5a8d9d8d7 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/k3d.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/k3d.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-018421fdff567df5df3840e75501a40199501ce6bf25e1f2dd259f74e13519f3  k3d
+5d3f22817d9e163ab6ed43572189dd49fe724d7a6948075b570067747eca8d3f  k3d
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kind.amd64.sha512 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kind.amd64.sha512
index 8a8be08cd7b..c5599f7652c 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kind.amd64.sha512
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kind.amd64.sha512
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ce57a5438dcbec1269c583470695d11e5e759ad22a88a1214f0564e6513b912e3ffd380f6be61afc759a66b611bf1d966043cef16059ac096d96d81129281204  kind
+15ba3777f5c4f17b3cc90eee62549cb42c6106a40fe115c8524d72f3a8601362d50890c52fc2561d0fe77e15865a274ca67600903ef2dde00780aad1dccffc1e  kind
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kompose.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kompose.amd64.sha256
index 3c5c5c26ff4..7703b24f209 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kompose.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kompose.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8c6c47073a95a52487a760f69a79669e2786c7aa3ba6e3007095efd524593253  kompose
+d7de6c93ef083b668cdcf11bb7ebf739f853952ad229c4afcbbda5af7a480672  kompose
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kpt.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kpt.amd64.sha256
index a870f11a99d..980d5ad1d3e 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kpt.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kpt.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-13e895580f891d9f1f7147f6d70b2ff990299a113b722b66de615eeda48109f8  kpt
+2ad75fdc7f54ff451590c0793d4616115a93ee1eb1a1672715993b2e45833404  kpt
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35822a640d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+646d58f6d98ee670a71d9cdffbf6625aeea2849d567f214bc43a35f8ccb7bf70  kubectl
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha512 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha512
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c4b279b1c9..00000000000
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kubectl.amd64.sha512
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-857e67001e74840518413593d90c6e64ad3f00d55fa44ad9a8e2ed6135392c908caff7ec19af18cbe10784b8f83afe687a0bc3bacbc9eee984cdeb9c0749cb83  kubectl
diff --git a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kustomize.amd64.sha256 b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kustomize.amd64.sha256
index 76886a3df0e..f5db0520dce 100644
--- a/deploy/skaffold/digests/kustomize.amd64.sha256
+++ b/deploy/skaffold/digests/kustomize.amd64.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c627b1575c3fecbc7ad1c181c23a7adcacf19732dab627eb57e89a7bc4c1e929  kustomize.tar.gz
+6703a3a70a0c47cf0b37694030b54f1175a9dfeb17b3818b623ed58b9dbc2a77  kustomize.tar.gz