diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
index 3e5e4db338..499fe0401b 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ global:
     image:
       registry: docker.io
       repository: bitnami/kubectl
-      tag: 1.29.6@sha256:4b4b33a40764b0dc1243b6f4fc6f62dd877cd632d49131fff8df3744602a3ec0
+      tag: 1.31.0@sha256:44f99aa45e3410dae8e288f43800daa8a1bdb4cac204dad1de59c94f9c999bde
   injectedCertificateAuthorities: ""
   kubeletExtraConfig:
     # This is only used when using 1.27 or later