diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index bf25e9b115..c620760651 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/hack/tools v0.0.0-20211111175208-4cc2fce2111a
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest v0.0.0-20211110210527-619e6b92dab9
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1
-	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.16.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v4 v4.5.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.2
 )
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index d9fcd6538c..e966a2368b 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1/go.mod h1:T9E3cAhj2VqvPOtCYAvby9aBXkZ
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0/go.mod h1:+vhtPC754Xsa23ID7GlGsrdKBpUA79WCAKPPZVC2DeU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.4.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0 h1:ksErzDEI1khOiGPgpwuI7x2ebx/uXQNw7xJpn9Eq1+I=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
@@ -2002,8 +2003,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1 h1:fsnXNyvliKA
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.7.1-0.20211110210727-ab52f76cc7d1/go.mod h1:h59umkqeBKj3TNpLmLoqDCwXDcbN+mkhQzlNjoUDJ3I=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 h1:fD1pz4yfdADVNfFmcP2aBEtudwUQ1AlLnRBALr33v3s=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0 h1:LFynXwQkH1MrWI8pM1FQty0oUwEKjU5EkMaVZaPld8E=
-sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.12.0/go.mod h1:EcgDSBVxz8Bvm19fx8xkioFrf9dC30fMJdOTXBSGNoM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.16.0 h1:GFXyyxtPnHFKqXr3ZG8/X0+0K9sl69lejStlPn2WQyM=
+sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.16.0/go.mod h1:cKTqagdRyUQmihhBOd+7p43DpOPRn9rHsUC08K1Jbsk=
 sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/docs/book/utils v0.0.0-20211028165026-57688c578b5d h1:KLiQzLW3RZJR19+j4pw2h5iioyAyqCkDBEAFdnGa3N8=
 sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/docs/book/utils v0.0.0-20211028165026-57688c578b5d/go.mod h1:NRdZafr4zSCseLQggdvIMXa7umxf+Q+PJzrj3wFwiGE=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.12.0 h1:9kDUe94bgFaTJwPaHC3mdlcw/PfWupSKov1iGcKSlSw=