diff --git a/build/dev-env.sh b/build/dev-env.sh
index 699c980308..6bbd8c22c6 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=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245}
+export K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-v1.31.4@sha256:2cb39f7295fe7eafee0842b1052a599a4fb0f8bcf3f83d96c7f4864c357c6c30}
 
 KIND_CLUSTER_NAME="ingress-nginx-dev"