diff --git a/hack/internal/tools/go.mod b/hack/internal/tools/go.mod
index bdc6f4e472..c90c702a33 100644
--- a/hack/internal/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/internal/tools/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.32.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20240813183042-b901db121e1f
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.6.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/hack/internal/tools/go.sum b/hack/internal/tools/go.sum
index d228c634ac..1401bc9b40 100644
--- a/hack/internal/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/internal/tools/go.sum
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1 h1:bQ+dKCS7jY9AgpefenBDtm6geJZCHVKbegpLynxg
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.17.1/go.mod h1:3QXAdrmdxYuQ4MifvbCAFD9wLXn7jylnfBPYS4yVDdc=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 h1:/Rv+M11QRah1itp8VhT6HoVx1Ray9eB4DBr+K+/sCJ8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3/go.mod h1:18nIHnGi6636UCz6m8i4DhaJ65T6EruyzmoQqI2BVDo=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0 h1:8fS6I0Q5WGlmLprSpH0DarlOSdcsv0txnwc93J2BP7M=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.26.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0 h1:PQ3f0iAWNIj66LYkZ1ivhEg/+Zb6UPMbO+qVei/INZA=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.27.0/go.mod h1:RZVFmy6qcwlSWwp6xeIUv7kXCPF3i8MXsEXxW/J+gJY=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0 h1:F+2HB2mU1MSiR9Hp1NEgoU2q9ItNOaBJl0I4Dlus5SQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/BbwnivGVcBh1r+8m3tH1VNxJmHSk1PzP5fkP6lbL1o=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.6.0 h1:MWtRRDWCwQEeW2rnJTqJMuV6Agy56P53SkbVoJpN7wA=