diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test.yaml
index e32bc7b4b84c..c4915d12e3b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
   CI_TOOLS_DIR: "/home/runner/work/kuma/kuma/.ci_tools"
   # This is automatically managed by CI
   K8S_MIN_VERSION: v1.23.17-k3s1
-  K8S_MAX_VERSION: v1.30.0-k3s1
+  K8S_MAX_VERSION: v1.31.0-k3s1
 jobs:
   test_unit:
     timeout-minutes: 20
diff --git a/mk/dependencies/deps.lock b/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
index 174ef5619e29..87feb2d6f483 100644
--- a/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
+++ b/mk/dependencies/deps.lock
@@ -1 +1 @@
-90ad6dc90d4be96ea647f533dc7d17783ea11be9
+8110cb051acbf53cc1495f65aba318fa4a23e633
diff --git a/mk/dev.mk b/mk/dev.mk
index a0c98476dcf8..1108647d8108 100644
--- a/mk/dev.mk
+++ b/mk/dev.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CI_TOOLS_BIN_DIR=$(CI_TOOLS_DIR)/bin
 # Note: These are _docker image tags_
 # If changing min version, update mk/kind.mk as well
 K8S_MIN_VERSION = v1.23.17-k3s1
-K8S_MAX_VERSION = v1.30.0-k3s1
+K8S_MAX_VERSION = v1.31.0-k3s1
 export GO_VERSION=$(shell go mod edit -json | jq -r .Go)
 export GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=v1.60.3
 GOOS := $(shell go env GOOS)