diff --git a/.github/workflows/Makefile b/.github/workflows/Makefile
index a71cb30e..f85b53bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Makefile
+++ b/.github/workflows/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 HELM_VERSION ?= v3.7.2
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v5.4.3
-K8S_VERSION ?= v1.28.11
+K8S_VERSION ?= v1.30.8
 MINIKUBE_VERSION ?= v1.31.1
 SOPS_VERSION ?= v3.9.3
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c12a5acf..4afce123 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ RUN set -x && \
 # using the install documentation found at https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/
 # for now but in a future version of alpine (in the testing version at the time of writing)
 # we should be able to install using apk add.
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.28.9"
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.30.8"
 RUN set -x && \
     curl --retry 5 --retry-connrefused -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl" && \
     case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
-    # checksums are available at https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl.sha256
-    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="b4693d0b22f509250694b10c7727c42b427d570af04f2065fe23a55d6c0051f1"  ;; \
-    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e0341d3973213f8099e7fcbbf6d1d506967bc2b7a4faac3fb3b4340f226e9b2f"  ;; \
+    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="7f39bdcf768ce4b8c1428894c70c49c8b4d2eee52f3606eb02f5f7d10f66d692"  ;; \
+    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e51d6a76fade0871a9143b64dc62a5ff44f369aa6cb4b04967d93798bf39d15b"  ;; \
     esac && \
     echo "${KUBECTL_SHA256}  kubectl" | sha256sum -c && \
     chmod +x kubectl && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian-stable-slim b/Dockerfile.debian-stable-slim
index 89d4fc89..fb9906fd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debian-stable-slim
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian-stable-slim
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ RUN set -x && \
 # using the install documentation found at https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/
 # for now but in a future version of alpine (in the testing version at the time of writing)
 # we should be able to install using apk add.
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.28.9"
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.30.8"
 RUN set -x && \
     curl --retry 5 --retry-connrefused -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl" && \
     case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
     # checksums are available at https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl.sha256
-    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="b4693d0b22f509250694b10c7727c42b427d570af04f2065fe23a55d6c0051f1"  ;; \
-    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e0341d3973213f8099e7fcbbf6d1d506967bc2b7a4faac3fb3b4340f226e9b2f"  ;; \
+    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="7f39bdcf768ce4b8c1428894c70c49c8b4d2eee52f3606eb02f5f7d10f66d692"  ;; \
+    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e51d6a76fade0871a9143b64dc62a5ff44f369aa6cb4b04967d93798bf39d15b"  ;; \
     esac && \
     echo "${KUBECTL_SHA256}  kubectl" | sha256sum -c && \
     chmod +x kubectl && \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 2b8a8b14..171ff9b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ RUN set -x && \
 # using the install documentation found at https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/
 # for now but in a future version of alpine (in the testing version at the time of writing)
 # we should be able to install using apk add.
-ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.28.9"
+ENV KUBECTL_VERSION="v1.30.8"
 RUN set -x && \
     curl --retry 5 --retry-connrefused -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl" && \
     case ${TARGETPLATFORM} in \
     # checksums are available at https://dl.k8s.io/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/${TARGETOS}/${TARGETARCH}/kubectl.sha256
-    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="b4693d0b22f509250694b10c7727c42b427d570af04f2065fe23a55d6c0051f1"  ;; \
-    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e0341d3973213f8099e7fcbbf6d1d506967bc2b7a4faac3fb3b4340f226e9b2f"  ;; \
+    "linux/amd64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="7f39bdcf768ce4b8c1428894c70c49c8b4d2eee52f3606eb02f5f7d10f66d692"  ;; \
+    "linux/arm64")  KUBECTL_SHA256="e51d6a76fade0871a9143b64dc62a5ff44f369aa6cb4b04967d93798bf39d15b"  ;; \
     esac && \
     echo "${KUBECTL_SHA256}  kubectl" | sha256sum -c && \
     chmod +x kubectl && \