diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index fdc7c52d..7eb4b967 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: engineerd/setup-kind@aa272fe2a7309878ffc2a81c56cfe3ef108ae7d0 # v0.5.0
         with:
           version: v0.11.1
-          image: kindest/node:v1.20.7
+          image: kindest/node:v1.23.13
           config: .github/kind/config.yaml # disable KIND-net
       - name: Setup Calico for network policy
         run: |