diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 992491f9c..5fa0de471 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tools:
 	# install pinned version of 'kind'
 	# go install must run outside of a dir with a (module-based) Go project !
 	# otherwise go install updates project's dependencies and/or behaves differently
-	cd "/tmp" && GO111MODULE=on go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.31.0
+	cd "/tmp" && GO111MODULE=on go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.27.0
 
 e2etest: tools copy clean
 	./run.sh main