diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
index 435872fc..b4aa7142 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ mkdir $HOME/.kube
 echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >> $HOME/.bashrc
 echo "alias k=kubectl" >> $HOME/.bashrc
 echo "complete -F __start_kubectl k" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-docker network create -d=bridge -o com.docker.network.bridge.enable_ip_masquerade=true -o com.docker.network.driver.mtu=1500 --subnet fc00:f853:ccd:e793::/64 kind
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 48ad92ec..f84c9c25 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.5
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ require (
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 // indirect
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 67830686..001cd2b6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 h1:UQHMgLO+TxOEl
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2 h1:o7IhLm0Msx3BaB+n3Ag7L8EVlByGnpq14C4YWiu/gL8=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2/go.mod h1:WpS1mjBmmwHBEWmogvA2mj8546UReBk4v8QkMxJ6pZY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 h1:9/kr64B9VUZrLm5YYwbGtUJnMgqWVOdUAXu6Migciow=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5+sAH+4kjUM=
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.0.0 h1:LRuvITjQWX+WIfr930YHG2HNfjR1uOfyf5vE0k
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.0.0/go.mod h1:EjAoLdwvbIOoOQr3ihjnSoLZRtE8azugULFRteWMNc0=
 github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 h1:V7yhSDDn8LP4lc4jS8pFkt0zCnzVJlG5JXy9BVKJUX0=
 github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1/go.mod h1:PZAiSCk0LJaZkiCSkPv8qIobYglO3FPpyFjDCtHLS30=
+github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2 h1:MHPfaU+ddJ0/bYWpgIeUnQUqKrlJ1S7BfEYPM4uEoM0=
+github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.2/go.mod h1:PZAiSCk0LJaZkiCSkPv8qIobYglO3FPpyFjDCtHLS30=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be h1:9AeTilPcZAjCFIImctFaOjnTIavg87rW78vTPkQqLI8=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be/go.mod h1:ySMOLuWl6zY27l47sB3qLNK6tF2fkHG55UZxx8oIVo4=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
@@ -378,6 +382,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMm
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0 h1:8fyDGWbWTeCcCTwA04v4Nfr45KKxbSPH1WO9K+jVrBg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.23.0/go.mod h1:ZQ1iZuJLh3T+O8fzhdi3VWcFTzsdXtNv2ppsHc8JQ7s=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0 h1:ugUvgesHKKA0yKmD6QtYTiEev+kPUpGxdTPbMGf8VTU=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.25.0/go.mod h1:t7ueEpzPYJvHA8aeLtI52rtFftNgUYUaCwvxjk7phfw=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.16.0 h1:6J33uKSoATlKZH16unr2XOhDI+otoe2sR3M8PDzW3K0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.16.0/go.mod h1:xOK/7i+vmE14N2FdFyugIshB8eF6ALpy7jI87Q2nRh4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/create/root.go b/pkg/cmd/create/root.go
index c2b7b413..47b10f53 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/create/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/create/root.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func init() {
 	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("build-name", "use --name instead.")
 	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&buildName, "name", "localdev", buildNameUsage)
 	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&devPassword, "dev-password", false, devPasswordUsage)
-	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&kubeVersion, "kube-version", "v1.30.3", kubeVersionUsage)
+	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&kubeVersion, "kube-version", "v1.31.4", kubeVersionUsage)
 	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&extraPortsMapping, "extra-ports", "", extraPortsMappingUsage)
 	CreateCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&kindConfigPath, "kind-config", "", kindConfigPathUsage)