diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9705018fb..23cf7c991 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare Host
         run: |
-          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.32.4/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.33.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
           chmod +x ./kubectl
           sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.10, v1.31.6, v1.32.3]
+        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.13, v1.31.9, v1.32.5]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.10, v1.31.6, v1.32.3]
+        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.13, v1.31.9, v1.32.5]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/zz-tmpl-k8s-e2e.yaml
     with:
       k8s-version: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.10, v1.31.6, v1.32.3]
+        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.13, v1.31.9, v1.32.5]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/zz-tmpl-k8s-e2e.yaml
     with:
       k8s-version: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/images.yaml b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
index 90c80f69b..877833a6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.10, v1.31.6, v1.32.3]
+        k8s: [v1.28.15, v1.29.14, v1.30.13, v1.31.9, v1.32.5]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index f919a1205..f1b170916 100755
--- a/build/dev-env.sh
+++ b/build/dev-env.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ echo "[dev-env] building image"
 make build image
 docker tag "${REGISTRY}/controller:${TAG}" "${DEV_IMAGE}"
 
-export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.32.3@sha256:b36e76b4ad37b88539ce5e07425f77b29f73a8eaaebf3f1a8bc9c764401d118c}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"
 
diff --git a/images/test-runner/Makefile b/images/test-runner/Makefile
index f3679f953..5556e7544 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/Makefile
+++ b/images/test-runner/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ build: builder
 		--build-arg BASE_IMAGE=$(BASE_IMAGE) \
 		--build-arg GOLANG_VERSION=$(GOLANG_VERSION) \
 		--build-arg ETCD_VERSION=3.5.13-0 \
-		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.32.4 \
+		--build-arg K8S_RELEASE=v1.33.1 \
 		--build-arg RESTY_CLI_VERSION=0.27 \
 		--build-arg RESTY_CLI_SHA=e5f4f3128af49ba5c4d039d0554e5ae91bbe05866f60eccfa96d3653274bff90 \
 		--build-arg LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.8.0 \
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index 85ce8457a..77c0a4b46 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG:-$HOME/.kube/kind-config-$KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}"
 if [ "${SKIP_CLUSTER_CREATION:-false}" = "false" ]; then
   echo "[dev-env] creating Kubernetes cluster with kind"
 
-  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.32.3@sha256:b36e76b4ad37b88539ce5e07425f77b29f73a8eaaebf3f1a8bc9c764401d118c}
+  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f}
 
   kind create cluster \
     --verbosity=${KIND_LOG_LEVEL} \
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh b/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
index 2eb6b959a..a1440660e 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ echo "Running e2e with nginx base image ${NGINX_BASE_IMAGE}"
 if [ "${SKIP_CLUSTER_CREATION}" = "false" ]; then
   echo "[dev-env] creating Kubernetes cluster with kind"
 
-  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.32.3@sha256:b36e76b4ad37b88539ce5e07425f77b29f73a8eaaebf3f1a8bc9c764401d118c}
+  export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.33.1@sha256:050072256b9a903bd914c0b2866828150cb229cea0efe5892e2b644d5dd3b34f}
 
   # delete the cluster if it exists
   if kind get clusters | grep "${KIND_CLUSTER_NAME}"; then