diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c315ec902f035..018767632ddfd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.31.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.31.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.31.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.6 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.17.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb8da48da39e7..98997561ef7d1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1454,8 +1454,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 h1:BZqlfIlq5YbRMFko6/PM7F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340/go.mod h1:yD4MZYeKMBwQKVht279WycxKyM84kkAx2DPrTXaeb98=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.0 h1:kANwAAPVY02r4U4jARP/C+Q1sssCcN/1p9Nk+7BQKVg=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.31.0/go.mod h1:pB47hhFypGsaHAPjlwrNbvhXgmuAr01ZBvAIIUaI8d4=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.0 h1:sYAB12TTWexXKp4RxqJMm/7EC+P0mNOgn4Xdj5eu7HM=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.0/go.mod h1:UTpGn7nxrUrPWw5hNIYTAjodcWIvLakgHpLtfrr6GC8=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.6 h1:zVhgWDFHmIj51o5sNARmjdgNvpq4K2Smya8pS5vxqlc=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.31.6/go.mod h1:9xmT2buyTYj8TRKwRae7FcuY8k5+xlxv7VivvO0KKfs=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1J8+AsQnQCKsi8A=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ee96d5da9e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8bfc850d4451dccecb01c73bdc844cb1b3ed2f1b90a89fc47e7b1670e1f369ec  helm-v3.18.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04f4096355462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d82a30d654862668ae1e58dbbba5ea6ed5f84312da59666ef628bf73b2188d39  helm-v3.18.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f42f997bdb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c5deada86fe609deefdf40e9cbbe3da2f8cf3f6a4551a0ebe7886dc8fcf98bce  helm-v3.18.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..77e5555e13775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+03181a494a0916b370a100a5b2536104963b095be53fb23d1e29b2afb1c7de8d  helm-v3.18.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b504998848cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1d21b2acdd79a13d20585b61fe90bababdd3f7047530d66aad650869c772b5c3  helm-v3.18.2-linux-ppc64le.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..27daa029471fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/helm-v3.18.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+382920a48a0800cf2bb67bf6ab403aab15f7631b369bed9df9bdcfdd5ebd5ae9  helm-v3.18.2-linux-s390x.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/tool-versions.sh b/hack/tool-versions.sh
index 820fa336c251d..4d82e5db1b73e 100644
--- a/hack/tool-versions.sh
+++ b/hack/tool-versions.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Use ./hack/installers/checksums/add-helm-checksums.sh and
 # add-kustomize-checksums.sh to help download checksums.
 ###############################################################################
-helm3_version=3.17.1
+helm3_version=3.18.2
 kubectl_version=1.17.8
 kubectx_version=0.6.3
 kustomize5_version=5.4.3