diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
index 5d4be15cf3..521f13ba49 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 package defaults
 
 // Image is the default for the Config.Image field, aka the default node image.
-const Image = "kindest/node:v1.30.2@sha256:ecfe5841b9bee4fe9690f49c118c33629fa345e3350a0c67a5a34482a99d6bba"
+const Image = "kindest/node:v1.31.0@sha256:53df588e04085fd41ae12de0c3fe4c72f7013bba32a20e7325357a1ac94ba865"
diff --git a/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_cni.go b/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_cni.go
index 483ad09b02..1d06e0541b 100644
--- a/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_cni.go
+++ b/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_cni.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package nodeimage
 The default CNI manifest and images are our own tiny kindnet
 */
 
-const kindnetdImage = "docker.io/kindest/kindnetd:v20240730-75a5af0c"
+const kindnetdImage = "docker.io/kindest/kindnetd:v20240813-c6f155d6"
 
 var defaultCNIImages = []string{kindnetdImage}
 
diff --git a/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_storage.go b/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_storage.go
index 7ddb8a61a2..d62c4ab556 100644
--- a/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/build/nodeimage/const_storage.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ NOTE: we have customized it in the following ways:
 - install as the default storage class
 */
 
-const storageProvisionerImage = "docker.io/kindest/local-path-provisioner:v20240513-b9bba138"
+const storageProvisionerImage = "docker.io/kindest/local-path-provisioner:v20240813-c6f155d6"
 const storageHelperImage = "docker.io/kindest/local-path-helper:v20230510-486859a6"
 
 // image we need to preload
diff --git a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
index 43d85d3169..560dae0229 100644
--- a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ const DefaultImage = "kindest/node:latest"
 // DefaultBaseImage is the default base image used
 // TODO: come up with a reasonable solution to digest pinning
 // https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/43188
-const DefaultBaseImage = "docker.io/kindest/base:v20240701-2cec31c3"
+const DefaultBaseImage = "docker.io/kindest/base:v20240813-c6f155d6"